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Raen Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

fuse

0What's the word to start a fuse?02br
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00lit it up, set it off...............?02br
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00 And another question: what's the difference between "lit it up" and "light it up"?02br
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0 I'd suggest02br 00 Light the fuse / Fire the fuse02br 02br 00 "lit" is the Past tense of "light". 0-

— Ant_222

  • 0 I'd suggest02br 00 Light the fuse / Fire the fuse02br 02br 00 "lit" is the Past tense of "light".
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0How about ignite? Too formal?0-
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0I really think I've only hear "light the fuse" -- Google gives about 10k hits for "ignite" but many, many times that number for "light/lit"0-
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0Thanks Ant and N2G. 02br
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00Wow, "lit" is the past tense. I'm lost for words, really I did not know that........what a shame.02br
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00And thanks N2G for "ignite", as long as it sounds natural "to ignite the fuse" I don't mind it one way or the other. Does it? Thanks.02br
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0Ooops GG, I think we did it again. We sent our messages right about the same time. Thanks for the information about "light/lit" and "ignite".02br
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