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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. 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.

  3. gerund phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2024 · Even with uncountable nouns, for specific instances/types, we have nouns preceded by indefinite articles as in the following examples. It is cold outside! I could do with a …

  4. Same adjective for two nouns - English Language & Usage Stack …

    May 17, 2015 · The government placed restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines. Here I dont want to repeat the diesel. I cannot write: The government placed restrictions on both …

  5. "If it works, it works" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 20, 2025 · I suppose a more realistic example is the development of powered pumps, locomotives etc. Newcomen's atmospheric engine did a vital job, but was bettered by Watt's …

  6. Why is 'the' before winter season? - English Language & Usage …

    The diesel locomotive (can mean 'as opposed to the horse, the electric 'locomotive', the steam locomotive – ie a particular type of motive power – or 'the actual piece of metal I'm talking about').

  7. Capitalization of Bayesianist and frequentist

    Dec 9, 2016 · For example, Herculean when referring to Hercules himself, but often herculean when referring to the figurative, generalized extension sense; and quixotic and diesel engine …

  8. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 26, 2020 · (E) Production of renewable diesel is up 7 percent this year. (F) Energy companies are increasing the production of renewable diesel. I wonder how to use or omit the …

  9. Wagon or Vagon or Waggon - what is a correct word?

    Feb 23, 2021 · If you are referring to passenger trains consisting of passenger carriages one or more of which has an motor and at least two have control cabs so that the train can be driven …

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

    These were superseded by diesel engines, and more recently by electric pumps. The King’s Sedgemoor Drain is unusual in that it operates entirely by gravity. Consideration was given to …