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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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0 Diesel in the UK now costs up to $2.60 a litre. Guess what that translates into across the Atlantic? Roughly $9 a gallon! Almost half of that cost is tax imposed by the British government. Truckers are paying around 35 percent more to fill up their 01 b 00 vehicles diesel 02 b 00 from last year, forcing many to shut shop. 02 br
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0 I don't think so. It doesn't sound as strange to me as "shut shop." 02 br
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00 We used to say, "Fill 'er up high test," or "Fill'er up regular." "Fill 'er up diesel" would mean "Please fill up my vehicle with diesel." 02 br
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00 "Diesel" is used as an adverb in "fill up their vehicles deisel." (fill 01 b 01 i 01 u 00 how 02 u 0
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00 We used to say, "Fill 'er up high test," or "Fill'er up regular." "Fill 'er up diesel" would mean "Please fill up my vehicle with diesel." 02 br
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00 "Diesel" is used as an adverb in "fill up their vehicles deisel." (fill 01 b 01 i 01 u 00 how 02 u 0
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0 I would say 'to go out of business" or "to close down" 02 br
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00 As for fill up, I usually hear your version with "with". Would you say the original version is casual and not suitable for writing? 02 br
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00 As for fill up, I usually hear your version with "with". Would you say the original version is casual and not suitable for writing? 02 br
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0 I don't think this was written by an American. Perhaps in its country of origin, it would be suitable for a newspaper or magazine article. 0-
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0 Rereading the thread just now, I think I misunderstood your question about "the original." 02 br
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00 If you were asking about my expression, "fill 'er up unleaded, etc." I'd say it's casual, even with an optionally added "with." 02 br
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00 The thing I said I didn't believe was written by an American was your blog with the "shut shop" quote, and the "fill
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00 If you were asking about my expression, "fill 'er up unleaded, etc." I'd say it's casual, even with an optionally added "with." 02 br
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00 The thing I said I didn't believe was written by an American was your blog with the "shut shop" quote, and the "fill
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