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User_gary Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

flame/fire

I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/fire of the gas-stove.
I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/fire of the candle.

Please correct my sentences. Also tell me whether we can use "flame" and "fire" interchangeably.
  

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Hi, I kept my hand carelessly on the flame /fire of the gas-stove. I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/ fire of the candle. Please correct my sentences.

  • Hi, I kept my hand carelessly on the flame /fire of the gas-stove.
  • I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/ fire of the candle.
  • Please correct my sentences.
  • It depends on the context.
  • However, generally speaking, consider that a fire can have many 'tongues'.
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Hi,

I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/fire of the gas-stove.

I kept my hand carelessly on the flame/fire of the candle.





Please correct my sentences. Also tell me whether we can use "flame" and "fire" interchangeably.It depends on the context.

However, generally speaking, consider that a fi
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Thank you Clive.
Do you understand that idea? 

No. What you mean by "tongue" here?
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Hi,

Have a look here.

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