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- Particulate vs. particle [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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 rat
- formality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 diesel than is socially optimal The other sentence is grammatical as it is, but I would agree with Jesper's suggestion to change "revolution in how" to "revolution in the way"
- Why does gasoline have the word gas in it, if its never gaseous?
Because it's highly volatile and combustible--and therefore becomes gaseous easily edit: Contrary to the charge in the comments that this is "unsupported speculation," there are in fact many examples from the early years of petroleum distillation of the word "gasoline" being defined specifically by its volatility and flammability: 1898: "Gasoline--sometimes, but incorrectly, called naphtha
- 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 fact that the company in question has established its headquarters in that place Dawn Exports was established in 2000 The company is headquartered in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu The company manufactures and supplies
- 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 Somerset Drainage Commissioners, the sluices and locks under their jurisdiction are called ‘Clyses’ Obviously, clow is not exactly a common word, either, but it does seem to be more common than clyse
- capitalization - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 Alessandro Volta (Wikipedia) Popularity makes lowercase more likely, but shifts in usage are arbitrary and vary between individual words
- meaning - Flammable versus Combustible - English Language Usage . . .
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
- Antonym of Boolean - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 limited range of options - gasoline, diesel, electric etc "Model name" can be anything The only antonym is the obvious "non-boolean"
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