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")
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
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
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
the below given sentence versus the below sentence given It's a reduced relative clause, like most of the choppy chunks we get here The sentence (which is) given below is where it comes from, and Whiz-Deletion does the rest, leaving a two-word modifier given below that must appear after the noun it modifies, with the words in that order
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?
Is to wash the dishes a wrong expression? Is she right? A lorry driver my have to "take a rest" because of his tachograph However I would say " to have a rest " is the more commonly used phrase or " take a break " or " get some rest " Having said all that a snooker play would " walk across to get a rest " or he might stand up "to take a rest" to his partner