Was it a 'lit' candle or a 'lighted' candle?

[TaIcy]

Hmmmmm?
Please and thankyou.

[AllFallDown]

Lit is the verb, lighted is the adjective. It was a lighted candle.

[TaIcy]

Thankyou

[icanonlydotigers]

I lighted the candle, the candle was lit. Lighted is the verb, lit is the adjective. (I think)

[icanonlydotigers]

I lighted the candle, the candle was lit. Lighted is the verb, lit is the adjective. (I think)

[icanonlydotigers]

I lighted the candle, the candle was lit. Lighted is the verb, lit is the adjective. (I think)

[HoBo]

Thankyou...that's a different answer to Allfalldown.

[HoBo]

..x posted sobernow

So who is correct?

[Poledra]

I'd go with AllFallDown - you lit the candle, it was a lighted candle.

[HoBo]

A narrator on CBBC said 'the lit candle',
It didn't sound right.

[cornsilk]

lit is the past tense of light according to ds's collins school dictionary. Does not mention lighted. I am confused.

[EffiePerine]

You're all wrong

lighted, lit

are both Standard past tense and past participle forms of the verb light. Lit is the only form that can be used for the slang meaning ?drunk? (as a participial adjective); otherwise lit and lighted are interchangeable in all senses.

[HoBo]

Does that mean we are all right, as well?

[midnightexpress]

Yep. what Effie said.

I think that the -ed form (or is it the other way round? Can't remember. Anyway...)is more common in American English (as with other forms like this - burned/burnt, spelled, spelt) but both are acceptable in British English.