[flashbunny]

"A woman was sniffing propane in the back of a van when her husband entered the van with a lighted cigarette"

Do they teach english in journalism school?

[elizabetty]

"A woman was sniffing propane in the back of a van when her husband entered the van with a lighted cigarette" Do they teach english in journalism school?

Should it be "ignited cigarette? :~)

[drjimmy]

"A woman was sniffing propane in the back of a van when her husband entered the van with a lighted cigarette" Do they teach english in journalism school?

"Lighted" is a correct usage.

[TC Rider]

Do they teach english in journalism school?

Nope. English, grammar, etc have been dropped to allow time for Socialist Indoctrination, Queer Theory, Wymyn's History and Self Actualization.

Newspapers have fired all the Copy Editors and bought spell checkers.

It shows.

[jwpjr]

re: Do they teach english in journalism school?

Forget English, how about good old fashioned science? A cigarette will not ignite propane or gas or kerosene. It takes an open flame or spark, not just the glowing end of a cigarette. My dad used to manage a gas station, that's what they were in the 50's when he had his, and he would bet people $5 that they could not ignite gas in the bottom of a bucket using nothing but the cigarette they were smoking. He never had to pay off on that bet. In this case I would sooner think a spark caused by the dome light coming on and going off would have caused it.