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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

I filled the ……. kettle with water and switched it on.

A) electricity B) electrical C) electric

I go for 'electric', but my friend says all choices are OK. Is he right?

  

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Omar Ahmed I go for 'electric', You're right. That's the only correct answer. Omar Ahmed but my friend says all choices are OK.

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  • Omar Ahmed I go for 'electric', You're right.
  • That's the only correct answer.
  • Omar Ahmed but my friend says all choices are OK.
  • Is he right?
  • No; only "electric kettle" is natural.
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Omar AhmedI go for 'electric',

You're right. That's the only correct answer.

Omar Ahmedbut my friend says all choices are OK. Is he right?

No; only "electric kettle" is natural.

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Omar AhmedA) electricity B) electrical C) electric

I made a Google ngram search for the three phrases.

You can see when this device was invented, and you can also see which word is correct.

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