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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker.

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Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker. I believe a speed breaker is a wrong terminology because breaker suggests as if you are breaking the speed into pieces. Something like speed reducer would be more appropriate.
  

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Jackson6612 Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker. I believe a speed breaker is a "speed breaker" is the wrong terminology because breaker suggests as if you are breaking the speed into pieces. Something like speed reducer "speed reducer" would be more appropriate.

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  • Jackson6612 Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker.
  • I believe a speed breaker is a "speed breaker" is the wrong terminology because breaker suggests as if you are breaking the speed into pieces.
  • Something like speed reducer "speed reducer" would be more appropriate.
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Jackson6612 Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker. I believe a speed breaker is a "speed breaker" is the wrong terminology because breaker suggests as if you are breaking the speed into pieces. Something like speed reducer
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Sometimes we say "X sounds as if Y," but "X suggests as if Y" seems redundant. "X suggests Y" does the job.
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BTW, how are you with "The runner broke stride"? In this case it's a fixed expression, but I don't think speed bumps have been around as long as strides.
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Jackson6612 Here a speed hump or a speed bump is called a speed breaker. I believe a speed breaker is a "speed breaker" is the wrong terminology because breaker suggests as if you are breaking the speed into pieces.
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Jackson6612 Do you find highlight color comfortable now? Quite.

Shouldn't it be I believe a speed breaker?

Shouldn't it be Something like a speed reducer? We're referring to the term rather than to the thing. "I think obstacle would
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Granted, we sometimes say, "Can you think of another term for a car?" I think that when we use the article, we're actually referring to the thing. But the reply would be, "How about vehicle?" I don't think "How about a vehicle?" would be correct, although you may hear it.

For some reason, we're not as likely to get into this mess with "word."
"Can you t
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