There are many versions of this proverb, which suggests there are always several ways to do something. The earliest printed citation of this proverbial saying that I can find is in a short story
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Note there is a much more common non niche meaning of ''on time'' (with stress on both words "Please be on time for work in the morning." meaning arrive at a specific clock time. In the
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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
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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...
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I''ve always hated the phrase If it works, it works. I know it''s trying to say that if something already functions as intended, then there''s no reason to change it. But is that always necessarily
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Close, but there''s an implication that the engine is unloaded or running at a harmfully high speed, which doesn''t fit the OP''s requirement of a gerund that means "working hard at top
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