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Calling all Native Speakers
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eng789
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lit is like cut and hit you don �t need the ed. |
5 Feb 2011
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Redbull
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He Lit up a Fag = past tense Light up a fag = present
REDBULL GIVES YOU WINGS YOU KNOW  . |
5 Feb 2011
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blunderbuster
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I have heard more than one American say: "I have just did that", so I guess there are some grayareas with respect to what is right and what is used....but then again...language changes
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5 Feb 2011
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Redbull
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Dear Libertybelle,
I would love to know what British English books you was looking at to find they used � � lighted � �
Please enlighten me. REDBULL GIVES YOU WINGS YOU KNOW . |
5 Feb 2011
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franknbea
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I have never heard anyone use the term lighted |
5 Feb 2011
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almaz
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Both lit and lighted as past and past participle of light are "acceptable and standard", according to Merriam-Webster �s Dictionary of English Usage, despite the claim of a university professor that only the second was �proper �; he insisted that lit should be reserved for drunks. |
5 Feb 2011
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joy2bill
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Gia Mel
I would use sat for past tense in an active sentence. eg I sat on a thorn.
Seated seems like a different verb: to seat someone, to be seated eg I seated my grandmother at the front before I got her a cup of tea. (Not really all that common though)
Just my tuppence ( 2cents) worth,
Joy
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5 Feb 2011
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