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paok1970
 
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 11:28 am
Is the following sentence correct in British English?

This machine GOES BY petrol.

Thank you.
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centrox
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 11:33 am
@paok1970,
No.
paok1970
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 12:27 pm
@centrox,
How would you say this?

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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 12:39 pm
@paok1970,

This machine RUNS ON petrol.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 04:05 pm
@paok1970,
Oh hey Paok, over here [US'vA] 's okay...

...tho the phrase usu goes, 'That stuff called 'petrol' over here goes by 'gas'
centrox
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 04:49 pm
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
That stuff called 'petrol' over here goes by 'gas'

Nobody cares. It's petroleum spirit. That's its correct name. Gas is what you cook with.


dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2017 04:55 pm
@centrox,
Nah Cen y'mis's'tand Wuz tryin' to 'splain how the 'goes by' goes by here
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paok1970
 
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Reply Tue 14 Nov, 2017 09:29 am
@centrox,
Is it possible to say, "This machine goes by electricity"?

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centrox
 
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Reply Tue 14 Nov, 2017 10:35 am
@paok1970,
Unlikely.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 14 Nov, 2017 11:28 am
@paok1970,
Quote:
goes by electricity"?
Yea Paok, oveer hrxe it's perfectly okay. Like I said, tho, usu we say 'goes by' to mean 'is named as'

Cen, I'd give a nickel to read a translation of ur Prof
Mebbe a dime
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