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What is the difference between truck,lorry and van? A " lorry " is the largest, and may also be a called an articulated lorry or a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) These normally only travel on major roads and carry the largest quantities In England, you also have to hold a special licence to drive them, making them a different class of vehicle
What do you call the attachment point of trailer to a truck? The question seems unambiguous enough, but requires careful reading It would be clearer if the distinguishing features (large flat horizontal plate, not merely a hook or a round ball such as used to pull smaller trailers) were placed in the first couple of lines of the question, rather than halfway into the second paragraph (for the plate) and the third paragraph (for "not a hook")
the below given sentence versus the below sentence given The standard order would be sentence given below Here, below goes with given (I can't decide whether it's an adverb or a complement), so below sentence given is utterly wrong
Get out (of) Vs get off the train taxi bus While "get off" is certainly the more common answer, "get out" is not necessarily wrong I've used it many times to describe exiting a train: Please excuse me, I get out at the next stop station The use of "get out" can contain some nuance, however You can "get out" of any enclosed space, so using this for something like a plane emphasizes that it is, essentially, a flying metal tube with
In and on: How can I decide which one to use for vehicles? Examples: In a car, van, etc On a bus, boat, motorcycle, etc How can one decide which preposition to use? Is memorization the only way or is there a better way? Note: People generally explain th
Whats the meaning of riggin in this sentence? A " trucking rig is a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together In the business of trucking, this is often abbreviated to just a "rig" A "big rig" is a particularly large truck and trailer " Big riggin' " is the occupation of driving these large trucking rigs As you noted, this is American English terminology - in the UK, large truck rigs are usually called an 'articulated lorry
Is a broom without a long handle still called a broom? Dictionaries say a broom has a long handle But if a broom doesn't have a long handle and people have to bend down to sweep, is such a broom still called a broom?
Using they in tag questions with everybody nobody etc When you want to add a tag question to "There is nobody in the garden " would it be "are they"? I just have read before that in tag questions we use (they) when the question inc
word choice - English Language Learners Stack Exchange "Bump" can mean a few different things related to driving: A collision - eg the car bumped into a lorry A raised area or surface - eg the car hit a bump in the road To travel over a rough surface - eg the car bumped along the road That third definition means to continuously drive over a bumpy road and doesn't quite fit with your scenario of hitting a single bump - still native speakers do