Grammar police

[IthacaMatt]

Sorry, I don't usually do this, but I've seen this one about 3 times this weekend:

"lead" is not the past tense of anything. "led" is the past tense of "lead".
The other "lead" (pronounced with a short "e" sound) is the element lead, Pb.

Examples:
When did we take the lead?
We led for the entire game.

I wish the pipes weren't made of lead.

OK? OK. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

[Tobias Funke]

There, their, they're now everything will be ok.

 

[Toga]

Not sure I agree with you're take.

 

[orange79]

Sorry, I don't usually do this, but I've seen this one about 3 times this weekend:

"lead" is not the past tense of anything. "led" is the past tense of "lead".
The other "lead" (pronounced with a short "e" sound) is the element lead, Pb.

Examples:
When did we take the lead?
We led for the entire game.

I wish the pipes weren't made of lead.

OK? OK. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

The lede in your post is intriguing.

 

[Chip]

I think your onto something although you're post will come off as mean.

You can led a horse to water...

 

[rocklloyd]

I design buildings to be LEED certified.

 

[igor]

i knew i should have failed your arse

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I think your onto something!

 

[721Comstock]

Here here!

Don't be a looser. I think your on too something, for all instense and purposes.
Your on a role.

 

[Mr Peabody]

thanks for the clarification. to think i've ben mis-leaded since elementary school is shameful

 

[Ernj]

This post is so mind bottling that I couldn't care less!!!

 

[Noexcuse]

idk, but a couple of times it looked like the lead blocker had lead in his pants . . . .

 

[NineOneSeven]

How many valence electrons does lead have?

 

[longtimefan]

Sorry, I don't usually do this, but I've seen this one about 3 times this weekend:

"lead" is not the past tense of anything. "led" is the past tense of "lead".
The other "lead" (pronounced with a short "e" sound) is the element lead, Pb.

Examples:
When did we take the lead?
We led for the entire game.

I wish the pipes weren't made of lead.

OK? OK. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

Thank you.

The grammar/usage stuff drives me crazy. I had a martinet of an 8th-grade English teacher. She scared everybody, but taught many the proper way to use the language.

Now, I wish you'd keep an eye on the mis-stating of idioms. Maybe I'll get my pedant on and pitch in, too.

 

[IthacaMatt]

This post is so mind bottling that I couldn't care less!!!

As one of my brothers would say, "don't go on a tie raid over it". But for all in tents that's a mute point.

 

[donniesyracuse]

The expression "got beat" drives me crazy.

 

[Scooch]

This thread is rediculous.

But irregardless, it does its job good.

 

[jekelish]

Hey guys, do we know if McFarland is healthy for this coming week?



(yes I know this is different but it still drives me insane)

 

[721Comstock]

Hey guys, do we know if McFarland is healthy for this coming week?



(yes I know this is different but it still drives me insane)

Dante seems fine.

 

[stuckinbig11]

Sorry, I don't usually do this, but I've seen this one about 3 times this weekend:

"lead" is not the past tense of anything. "led" is the past tense of "lead".
The other "lead" (pronounced with a short "e" sound) is the element lead, Pb.

Examples:
When did we take the lead?
We led for the entire game.

I wish the pipes weren't made of lead.

OK? OK. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

I see this error a lot, along with ensure, insure, and assure.

 

[orangecuse]

Sorry, I don't usually do this, but I've seen this one about 3 times this weekend:

"lead" is not the past tense of anything. "led" is the past tense of "lead".
The other "lead" (pronounced with a short "e" sound) is the element lead, Pb.

Examples:
When did we take the lead?
We led for the entire game.

I wish the pipes weren't made of lead.

OK? OK. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

My TV is led...oh, never mind.

 

[KellySyracuse]

Here here!

Don't be a looser. I think your on too something, for all instense and purposes.
Your on a role.

There's a guy I work with that blasted out an email to a lot of upper echelon people that noted"intensive purposes". I bet he thought he sounded smart too.

 

[KellySyracuse]

As one of my brothers would say, "don't go on a tie raid over it". But for all in tents that's a mute point.

ex husband used to say "mute point". He also called a median a meridian. What was I thinking??

 

[donniesyracuse]

Irregardless

 

[bevosu]

Philips. not Phillips.

I confess that in a moment (or 2) of weakness, when writing, I've incorrectly used the word mute instead of moot...but if it was verbal I've always pronounced it moot. Hope that lessens the embarrassment.

No, I've never been married to KellySyracuse.