rant whine 'splain espouse: It's like spelling it Lead Zeppelin

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

It's like spelling it Lead Zeppelin

One of the most common and completely, flabbergastingly annoying mistakes I see on at least a weekly basis is for people to use the incorrect spelling of "led" when they write something like "John Doe lead the team down the slope to certain death."

To all those people: "lead" is a noun, and it's a hunk of heavy metal.

The past-tense verb-form you are attempting to use (but actually just abusing) is spelled without an "a", you dolts.

This is why the world needs copy editors. Or just a decent education.