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To: Max Combined

It's 2004. Lit.


68 posted on 11/11/2004 1:24:25 PM PST by Righter-than-Rush
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To: Righter-than-Rush
Greater minds than you say "lighted" is correct.
74 posted on 11/11/2004 1:29:10 PM PST by raybbr
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To: Righter-than-Rush

It is 2004 and you are full of $hit.

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.


3. Word Choice: New Uses, Common Confusion, and Constraints


§ 197. light
You can use either lighted or lit as past tense and past participle of light. Both forms are also well established as adjectives: a lit (or lighted) pipe.

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0197.html


89 posted on 11/11/2004 2:01:03 PM PST by Max Combined (Clinton is "the notorious Oval Office onanist ")
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