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gusthuber

Joined: 18 Mar 2010
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 6:56 am Post subject: turn on candles

We turned on candles. Is turned on correct?

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lotus

Joined: 25 Jan 2004
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 8:02 am Post subject:

No. We light candles. --lotus _________________ War does not make one great --Yoda

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wanderkind

Joined: 04 Mar 2014
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 5:00 pm Post subject:

Reply with quote

gusthuber wrote:

We turned on candles.

Is turned on correct?

Since 'turned on' is past tense:
"We lit candles."
is probably more appropriate.

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