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Why not 'to lead' is 'Pb' (heavy)?

@mc Because that doesn't really make sense to me.

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The word "lead" has a lot of meaning, it can be a noun or a verb. By saying "is", that implies that the first "lead" is most likely a a noun, then the second would be a noun or a adjective. But the only adjective forms of lead are “leadless” or “leaden”, so that second “lead” in the sentence can’t be an adjective.

>"Why not 'to lead' is 'Pb' (heavy)?"

"To lead" is a different form than just "lead". If you wanted to say that, it would be "To lead is leaden", or "Leading is leaden", or "Leadership is leaden".

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For clarification, I don't doubt that
English can sometimes be an ambiguous languge.

@Pat
It must be confusing, because tts reads 'lad' on this sentence:
"Lead me and guide me ..."
However, reads 'lid' on this other:
"... and lead me into ..."

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@mc

As far as I know, “lad” and “lid” are not correct pronunciations of “lead”, at least not in 21st century American English.

Also, I’ve noticed that in British English, sometime the definite article, “the” is sometimes dropped, e.g., “He went to [the] hospital.” I don’t know if this is also the case with the word “lead”.

TTS may refer to:
Places
Taman Tasik Semenyih, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a student town
Toba Tek Singh District, a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan
Toba Tek Singh Tehsil
Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, Pakistan
Schools
Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary
Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
Thomas Telford School, a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire
Science
Temporary threshold shift, auditory fatigue
Tarsal tunnel syndrome, foot condition
Three-taxon analysis, a method of phylogenetic reconstruction
Time-temperature superposition, in polymer physics
Time translation symmetry, in physics
Transdermal therapeutic system, a drug delivery system
T Tauri star, a class of variable stars
Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, a rare medical condition of blood clotting yet with low platelet counts
Technology
Text-to-speech
Teletypesetter
Transaction Tracking System, in Novell NetWare
Technology Transformation Services, an organizational sub-unit of the U.S. General Services Administration
Other
Audi TTS, a car
Girls' Generation-TTS, subgroup of South Korean musical group Girls' Generation
Tower Transit Singapore, a bus operating company in Singapore
Tanker Transport Services BV, Dutch barge tanker transportation company
Telegraphic transfer, selling rate in Japan
Trader tax status, a form of business in the U.S. for securities trading

(from wikipedia)

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@Pat
I understand that human language(s) may be a sensitive matter, especially for a native speaker.
English is my work(ing) language*, not my first language.
That explained, you try to say the following sentence fast, and make each word sound different:
"The led led the lad."
😉

*and before that, also my second mom's language
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@mc

>'you try to say the following sentence fast, and make each word sound different:
"The led led the lad."'

I can't. As far as I know, there is only one pronunciation in American English for the word “led” (which is the past tense of lead).

So, speaking of ambiguity… tts?

(My dyslexia limits my ability to resolve abbreviations, especially without context, except for those that have become very common, such as ROM or CPU.)

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BTW, I’m sure if you look back at my old toots here you will find some where I confuse led and lead – that’s one I mix up all the time.

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BTW...

BTW=by the way

@Pat
tts = text-to-speech

Trully, the first 'led' on my sentence should be written LED, the acronym for light-emitting diodes.

I also detest abbreviations. IMO 😅 it's another language, even more ambiguous.
(IMO = in my opinion)

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>"The word "lead" has a lot of meaning..."

I have no idea how those words came to appear the way they did in my toot. This is how my brain wrote that toot:
- - - -
The word "lead" has a many different meanings, it can be a noun or a verb. By saying "is", it implies that the first "lead" is most likely a noun, then the second would be a noun or an adjective. But the only adjective forms of lead are “leadless” or “leaden”, so that second “lead” in the sentence can’t be an adjective.
>"Why not 'to lead' is 'Pb' (heavy)?"
"To lead" is a different form than just "lead". If you wanted to say that, it would be "To lead is leaden", or "Leading is leaden", or "Leadership is leaden".

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Also, I was wrong about the adjective forms. There is another adjective form of lead I didn’t think of – “She is the lead singer.”)

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