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- Are names of chemicals not proper nouns? - English Language Usage . . .
Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e g the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated)
- Same adjective for two nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 diesel fuel and engines
- 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
- At hand vs on hand vs in hand - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What's the difference between at hand, on hand and in hand? At hand seems to me as if you have something in reach On hand is if you have something in stock And in hand can be used as if you have
- Why is the BrE “petrol” called gas in AmE?
By the end of the century the gas was derived directly from crude oil and gas oil was renamed Diesel oil (up to 21 carbon atoms per molecule) because its main use was in injection engines petrol vs gasolene gasoline
- Throttle is to slow down, but full throttle is max speed?
Originally, throttle meant throat So "full-throttle" for a motorized vehicle is like a lion's full-throated roar - the throttle throat is opened as wide as possible (for maximum throughput of fuel or air) It's just that the verb to throttle came to have the meaning choke (fatally cut off someone's air by squeezing their throat), which led to "throttling back" meaning "reduce the fuel supply
- When did the insult “up yours” come into existence?
The movie Blazing Saddles used everything and anything to get a laugh When the African American sheriff, newly assigned to a rural town, patrolled the main thoroughfare he happened upon an elderl
- If it works, it works - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 improvements Trevithick's locomotive of 1804 hauled a load, but modern diesel engines work far more efficiently and reliably I'm not sure this is really an English language question
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