Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Lighted / lit

Which is the correct answer?

The room is brightly lighted / lit.
  

Top answer

To me, "The room is brightly lit " is much more natural, but there are plenty of Google hits (including book hits) for "is brightly lighted", so presumably not everyone feels the same.

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To me, "The room is brightly lit" is much more natural, but there are plenty of Google hits (including book hits) for "is brightly lighted", so presumably not everyone feels the same.