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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Ignite

Is it correct to use "ignite" a car, instead of "start"? I always hear my teacher saying that and it makes an impression she arrives by rocket.
  

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Ignite means to set fire to, so I hope she is not being too literal! However, you start a car by using the ignition key in the ignition, so without any knowledge of the internal combustion engine, putting that together with the fact that there is a spark plug, I guess there is some sort of internal 'igniting' going on. However, I've never heard of anyone saying they ignited their car unless they were after the insurance money!

— Nona the brit

  • Ignite means to set fire to, so I hope she is not being too literal!
  • However, you start a car by using the ignition key in the ignition, so without any knowledge of the internal combustion engine, putting that together with the fact that there is a spark plug, I guess there is some sort of internal 'igniting' going on.
  • However, I've never heard of anyone saying they ignited their car unless they were after the insurance money!
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Ignite means to set fire to, so I hope she is not being too literal! However, you start a car by using the ignition key in the ignition, so without any knowledge of the internal combustion engine, putting that together with the fact that there is a spark plug, I guess there is some sort of internal 'igniting' going on.

However, I've never heard of anyone saying they ignited their car
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Your teacher is perhaps being facetious, Mav-- a play on words: 'ignition'/'ignite'.
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