The room was well lighted...am I the only one that thinks this sounds stupid bordering on retarted?
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I agree, I got lit last night sounds way better than I got lighted
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i totally agree, is it not correct to use the word lit? I did not know lighted was a word?Kayla
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wtf are you talking about?
lit1 (lhahaha301;t) pronunciation
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A past tense and a past participle of light1. See Usage Note at light1.Comment
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The correct use of the word is lighted in most scenarios. I was helping my nephew correct his paper and I had to spend 30 minutes convincing him that i wasn't full of shitOriginally posted by kaylacruz
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lighted" is proper grammarICQ: 150-803-430
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There are times when "lit" CAN be used as the correct word, but usually its lighted if you want to be actually like technically correct ...makes no sense at all to meOriginally posted by azguyLast edited by BlueWire; 06-06-2005, 05:31 PM.Comment
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That can't possibly be a word! I won't hear of it!AIM sherierocks
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ha, stupid...i know...but trueOriginally posted by sherieComment
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that's funny, I knew lighted was a word, but I would always use "lit" in place of it.Xamo Entertainment
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This is like hanged and hung. Legal eagles refer to someone executed in this fashion as HANGED... you hung that muthfuka
IE - he was hanged.... no he wasn't... he was HUNG
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yes lit would be proper, but the majority of N. America is illiterate.no sigComment
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Lighted can't possibly be the correct way to say it.I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...
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In meaning and within the context of the sentence originally quoted, lit and lighted are fully interchangeable.
But language isn't only about meaning. Ernest Hemingway wrote a short story called "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place". The immediate impression would have been not-so-subtly different if it had been called a "A Clean, Well-Lit Place". The actual title conjures up an image that is vaguely Dickensian, while the option... well, it doesn't sound weighty enough to be a story title at all.
That's because lighted doesn't flow off the tongue as easily as lit. And as we have become more lazy and less well educated, we have adopted short, simple words and abandoned everyday use of their more cumbersome equivalents. Thus when you do use a less familiar word you add a portentiousness to your speech or writing. Sometimes of course, you come across as simply pompous
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The beauty of the english language...
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