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Hello:

Is it "lit" a cigarette, or "lighted" a cigarette?

excon

Posted - February 10, 2023
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  • 3127
    Thanks!
    And now Jane(also NYAD) just answered your next tense question here, did she? This post was edited by DannyPetti at March 20, 2023 10:27 AM MDT
      March 20, 2023 10:25 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    Why isn't it plead?
      March 20, 2023 12:38 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

     Jane’s answer is correct.
    ~

      March 20, 2023 8:03 PM MDT
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  • 844
    For the first half of my life (40s to 80s), I only heard or read the past tense "pled".
    Sometime around the 80s, I began to hear the form "pleaded". It was jarring to my ear and still is.
    As far as I can find researching grammar sites, both are correct.

    It falls into the same category as (and I scratch my head) replacing a two syllable word with a three syllable word, "converse" to "conversate". Spellcheck says "conversate" is not correct but that doesn't stop people from using it.

    I have to remind myself that language is fluid, or we'd all be speaking Latin.

    This post was edited by NYAD at March 20, 2023 2:02 PM MDT
      March 20, 2023 8:02 AM MDT
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  • 3907
    Hello again:

    Thanks everybody.  I'm in your debted.

    excon
      March 21, 2023 8:08 AM MDT
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