Why do so many people say LED instead of LAID

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Just that really.

She led on the bed!! No she fucking laid on it.

But it seems really bloody common :/

Definitely a thing here, along with 'for sell' instead of 'for sale'

I think you have good intentions however you have problems with lay/laid. yes I know. That was covered already. I wrote it wrong in the first place. However using laid instead of lay is not the same as using led. Led is an entirely different word, not a variant.

ahem..."I wrote it wrong" isn't correct either.

Try "I wrote it incorrectly"

Try

"Fuck off"

HTH

You do realise you are posting on Pedants' Corner don't you?

Yes I do. I thought it was the right section to ask why people use the wrong word. Had no idea that it was a place where people pick at every detail on a post.

We are not all perfect but being grammatically incorrect is different to using the wrong word.

Won't be posting here again, proper nasty.

Won't be posting here again, proper nasty.

Which is why it has its own section
Keeps them off AIBU.

I can handle AIBU - it's expected in there.

Arrrgggghhhh - I'm glad I have seen this post because recently I have been hearing people saying "led" instead of laid, more and more often. It is driving me mad!!!! I'm glad I'm not alone in my frustration even though I'm a couple of years late in finding this conversation!!

If someone said to me "she led on the bed" I would need to ask them what they mean (I would be able to guess what they meant, but would make a point of asking).

Never heard it hear (West Coast, Scotland)

*here!!!!

I’m from se London and never heard it before I moved to Isle Of Wight! It actually frustrates me! I always correct when I hear it but the person saying it thinks it’s the right way lol I’m so glad I’ve seen this post because now I know I am right and yes it seems like a local thing

I know this is a zombie thread, but I found it trying to find a reference for the phrase "led a bed" to mean a lazy sleeping person. it was the only matching google result

Normal in a few places. Nothing wrong with it, It’s just dialect. Chill out, educate yourself.

Currently living in the Oxford (UK) area and I have heard (Oxfordshire natives) the use of the word 'led' as in "I 'led' on the bed". I've pulled people up on this who seem to think they are correct😂laughable but also very annoying!