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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...

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 ...

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".

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.

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".

Difference between 'accident' and 'coincidence' [closed]
In many dictionaries there doesn't seem to be a difference between those two words (if they express that something unexpected happens), but my English teacher told me that coincidence is rather used than accident. However, Vin Diesel used it and that's why I was still uncertain, mostly about when to use accident and when coincidence.

cultural phrases - Mileage as unit-agnostic term - English Language ...
In Australia (where we use kilometres) the term mileage is also used to describe the fuel consumption of a vehicle - I get better mileage from my 2.0 L diesel sedan than my 4.2L V8 street racer. It would still be acceptable to refer to a vehicle having low mileage, although in print (car ads) it is more often described as low kms or low ks.

synonyms - Alternatives for Semi-Formal Attire - English Language ...
Working on a wedding invitation, small conflict between interested parties resulting in the need for an alternative to the wording "Semi-Formal" Attire. The conflict arises from the overall theme o...