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Vallejo Times Herald: Christmas lights on the coast: Vallejo’s Lighted Boat Parade returns

Following Saturday’s Mad Hatter Parade, the Vallejo Yacht Club is hitting the water for its annual Lighted Boat Parade. “It’s a fun way to see Christmas lights and boats at the same time, which are a ...

Before the early 20th century, lighted was the preferred simple past tense of this verb, in addition to the past participle. Today, however, lit is preferred as a simple past.

Lighted and lit each work as the past tense and past participle of the verb light. Both have long histories in English and are used throughout the English-speaking world, so you are generally safe using the one that sounds best to you.

Obtained by adding "-ed" at the end of the present form of the verb "to light", "lighted" is the regular past-tense form and can be used both as a verb and as an adjective correctly.

‘Lighted’ is more commonly used as an adjective but can also serve as a past participle verb in certain contexts. On the other hand, ‘lit’ is mainly used as a simple past tense verb and can be occasionally found in the participle form.