What Is The Correct Spelling Of The Word In This Sentence?

[Raidergal2022]

If you want to write the sentence on a advertisement/leaflet:

‘lead by a experienced technician’

How would you spell the word ‘lead’? Should it be led or is lead correct?

[Peter Pedant]

led

led is indeed the correct aorist of 'lead'
but this is a participle isnt it - er still spelt 'led'

just worried about accuracy

[New Judge]

//People are confusing tense with voice here.//

I don't think they are. They are two different things, both relevant.

We don't know the full text, but let's say it is "The team was led by an experienced technician." That is a passive voice (in the simple past tense). The same message can be conveyed differently: "An experienced technician led the team.” That is an active voice (in the simple past tense).

The passive voice requires the incorporation and appropriate use of the verb "to be" and that changes the voice from active to passive. But it doesn’t change the tense.

[barry1010]

I would use '....will be led by...'

What would you use, NJ?

[New Judge]

//I would use '....will be led by...'

What would you use, NJ?//

We don't know what the leaflet is saying barry. If it's saying "The team will be led by an experienced technician" then the passive voice is best. Otherwise, in the active voice it would be "An experienced technician will lead the team". The active/passive decision is really about where the emphasis is required. If the emphasis should be on the team then passive is best. If it's to be about the person leading the team then active is probably the right choice.

[Tuvok]

Future:
The project will be led by an experienced technician.

Past:
The project was led by an experienced technician.

Future (job vacancy)
Led by an experienced technician you will undertake x y z.

Future:
An experience technician will lead the project.

[bobbinwales]

LED.... very illuminating

[Ellipsis]

‘lead by an experienced technician’

You can look at this in three ways:

future: you will be led by an experienced technician
past: previous people were led by an experienced technician
passive voice: be led by an experienced technician

Whichever way you look at it, the answer is "led by an experienced technician".

[Barsel]

The experienced technician will lead the people.
They will be led by him.

[Ellipsis]

> The experienced technician will lead the people.

Yes, but that's not the form of words. The form is:

WORD by a experienced technician

Is the WORD "lead" or "led"? And the answer is "led". Unless, of course, the ad is for someone who wants to be the leader, rather than being led.

[elliemay1]

No need to complicate it, either write:
'The event will be led by an experienced technician' or 'An experienced technician will lead the event'

[Barsel]

elliemay, I wasn't trying to complicate things, I was just trying to show how the words would be used.
So, led by an experienced technician.

[bobbinwales]

its interesting that people seem to be finding differences and points to quibble over even when everyone agrees its led not lead as per the question

[jno]

led.

Lead pronounced led is a metal. Lead pronounced leed is a verb in the present tense.

[elliemay1]

Barsel, I didn't mean you, I just meant the way the post was going generally

[Barsel]

oh apologies elliemay, I didn't realise you meant in general.

[nescio]

The presence of the word “by” shows it is the passive voice. The team or whatever is being, or will be, led by an experienced technician. The technician is the one doing the leading (active), the team is what is being led (passive).

[pttiedu]

"Led by an experienced technician"
This is the correct phrasing. For reference see here