Thread: Even MBUSA doesn't know diesel isn't gas...
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Old 08-29-2007, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict View Post
I strongly dislike the word "gas" even when it's used for gasoline. To me gas is primarily a state of matter, i.e. not liquid or solid, and gasoline is mostly liquid. It's pretty stupid to call it gas IMO.
"Gas" is used as a shortened version of the word "gasoline", not to identify its state of matter. I don't think it's stupid. In that case, it would also be stupid to use "IMO" as a shortened version of "In my opinion".
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