Back to Basics

You probably learned these basic spelling rules in high school, but may have forgotten them since:
• Lead/led:

Even in this technical age, a good manager can lead her team with no more than a pad and a lead pencil. That’s the way our founder led his employees.
• Lose/loose:

With an inventory system this loose, we will lose several thousand dollars.
• Than/then:

More people use the phone now than they did then.

• To/two/too:

There were two too many to be seated, too.