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errata-ai / Microsoft

A Vale-compatible implementation of the Microsoft Writing Style Guide.
https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
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"lead to" meaning "gave rise to" #43

Closed peterc closed 6 months ago

peterc commented 2 years ago

(?:give|gave) rise to: lead to is the first substitution in Wordiness.yaml - shouldn't it be led to?

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/led-lead/#:~:text=The%20past%20tense%20of%20the,the%20past%20tense%20of%20lead.

Given how long this has been here, I'm assuming I'm missing something as I'm new here, so I didn't want to just file a PR off the bat.. :)

After discussing this with someone else, "led to" only applies to "gave rise to." "give rise to" would still be "lead to".