What is more common "light" or "burn" in this context?
Do you know how to burn a candle?
Do you know how to light a candle?
Are either of them equally likely?
spoken-englishword-usage
What is more common "light" or "burn" in this context?
Do you know how to burn a candle?
Do you know how to light a candle?
Are either of them equally likely?
Best Answer
Lighting the candle is ignition, the starting process, which you might ask a child if they know how to do. Burning the candle is the period while you let it stay lit, with almost no learning required.
So the normal sentence would be: