Grammar and spelling pedants this way

[StealthPolarBear]

I'll add a 'please' for the polite police :)
What is the difference between'lead' and 'led'? Is 'lead the present tense and led the past?
Obviously not talking about Pb

an easy way to remember principal / principle is to remember that principal is the head gal.
My mother taught me that..

not really Stealth Bear - what about 'to effect change'?

but yes on the whole.

oops sorry I should have RTFT

This is really interesting. I'd never come across 'affect' as a noun until I googled it as a result of this thread!

I teach grammar and I have a PhD in linguistics. I only recently realised that I have been writing lead instead of led my whole life. Who knows what else I have doing wrong? Oh the shame!

@ Kew.

I was convinced that remuneration was a typo for quite a while...

(also English language teacher)

What is the difference between
"It's up to him now" and
"It's down to him now" :)

there is no huge difference in meaning really is there?

it's up to him - he has to make the decision
it's down to him - the responsibility is his

Glad to be of service Kew. I worry how many times I've got it wrong on job applications despite checking and rechecking :(

here's the BBC getting affect/effect wrong

It looks correct to me

an effect on shoppers (correct)
to help affected farmers (correct)

They've corrected it!! It said "to have an affect"