moonlight, moonlit, moonlighted
- moonlight, moonlit, moonlighted
Although
moonlight is used most often as a noun ("the light of the moon"), it is also an adjective (a
moonlight evening) and a verb ("to work at a spare-time job"). When used as a verb,
moonlight forms its principal parts as does
light:
moonlight,
moonlighted or
moonlit,
moonlighted or
moonlit. Thus it is correct to say "He
moonlighted for extra money"; "It was a
moonlighted (or
moonlit) night"; "The evening was
moonlighted (or
moonlit)."
Moonlit is the preferred form of both adjective and past participle.
Moonlighted is the preferred past tense of the verb.
See also lighted.
Dictionary of problem words and expressions.
Harry Shaw.
1975.
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moonlighted — See moonlight, moonlit, moonlighted … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
moonlit — See moonlight, moonlit, moonlighted … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
moonlight — See moonlight, moonlit, moonlighted … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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