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  1. "Particulate" vs. "particle" [closed] - English Language & Usage …

    What’s the difference between particulate and particle? Should it be diesel particulates or diesel particles, and why? Could you provide three or more examples where it should use particulate …

  2. When is it acceptable to say a company is headquartered

    To headquarter: ( intr.) to establish one's headquarters. Looking at Ngram the expression the company is headquartered has been more and more common since the 60's. It refers to the …

  3. formality - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 9, 2018 · An alternative wording of the sentence could be We are dealing with a case of a negative externality of consumption, which results in oversupply and greater consumption of …

  4. Why does gasoline have the word "gas" in it, if it's never gaseous?

    "The root gas... doesn't necessarily mean gaseous." -- Yes, it does mean something gaseous (gaseous being derived from gas). The definition quoted, from the OED, is a subdefinition of …

  5. What is a clyse? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    According to the OED definition, it is a local/regional word that means the same as clow. There is only one attestation quoted, from Somerset: 1882 Spectator 6 May 595. In the Reports of the …

  6. capitalization - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 8, 2019 · For example, we have: diesel, in diesel fuel and diesel engines, for inventor Rudolf Diesel (Wikipedia) leotard, for performer Jules Léotard (Wikipedia) voltaic pile, for physicist …

  7. meaning - "Flammable" versus "Combustible" - English Language …

    Gas is flammable, diesel vapour combustible. In England I was always taught that the difference between flammable and inflammable was that inflammable required a flame to permit burning.

  8. Antonym of 'Boolean' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 6, 2022 · There isn't an "antonym" because there are lots of other types of variable. "Number of seats" is integer valued. "Horsepower" and "length" are continuous. "Fuel type" is one of a …

  9. Why are “gym rats” so called? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Why are gym rats so called? Because, it is simply a metaphor. It comes from the fact that rats like to live where people live and they frequent places where humans inhabit. Rats are perhaps the …

  10. meaning - Difference between "taxi" and "cab" - English Language ...

    In UK the word 'taxi' is used for the diesel-engine ones with a high roof to the passenger compartment (also known as 'black cabs/black taxis'), and the term 'minicab' is used for …