June 17, 2020
Paraffin
The cause of the fire may have been a short circuit that reached a reservoir of paraffin, a solid fuel used in the manufacture of candles.
The cause of the fire may have been a short circuit that reached a reservoirstore of paraffin, a solid fuel used in the manufacture of candles.
Everything's really good. Just a bit of a nitpick, but I've just never encountered 'reservoir' being used with solid things, only liquids or 'fluid' things. Here's what I mean:
-a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body.
"big oil reservoirs are becoming harder to find"
-a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid.
"if all three colours overlap then a black dot is printed from the black ink reservoir"
These are two of the defininitions of reservoir. I think store does a better job in this sentence.
Paraffin
The cause of the fire may have been a short circuit that reached a reservoir of paraffin, a solid fuel used in the manufacture of candles.
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Good! I will note that I might have picked a different word from "reservoir," since it suggests to me something relatively liquid. However, "reservoir of paraffin" is grammatically correct and seems to be in common usage, at least in technical writing.
June 17, 2020
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The cause of the fire may have been a short circuit that reached a reservoir of paraffin, a solid fuel used in the manufacture of candles. This sentence has been marked as perfect! The cause of the fire may have been a short circuit that reached a Everything's really good. Just a bit of a nitpick, but I've just never encountered 'reservoir' being used with solid things, only liquids or 'fluid' things. Here's what I mean: -a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body. "big oil reservoirs are becoming harder to find" -a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid. "if all three colours overlap then a black dot is printed from the black ink reservoir" These are two of the defininitions of reservoir. I think store does a better job in this sentence. |
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