This actually doesn't strike me as incorrect, assuming that this car runs on gasoline. We refer colloquially to gasoline as "gas," even though it's a liquid rather than a gas per se. Even though "gas" has become common in everyday speech, it's still anomalous to use the word to refer to gasoline; the quotation marks strike me as apt!
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Things I see a lot: silica gel "do not eat"; hair dryer labels; inside the bus "do not drill"; Wal-mart sign about IDs; coffee machine with "2" cup sizes; employees must "wash hands"; that failblog post.
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With a lungful of nitrous oxide, you'll find she's a dream!
Driving this car -- what a gas!
So this is GM's new methane model?
This actually doesn't strike me as incorrect, assuming that this car runs on gasoline. We refer colloquially to gasoline as "gas," even though it's a liquid rather than a gas per se. Even though "gas" has become common in everyday speech, it's still anomalous to use the word to refer to gasoline; the quotation marks strike me as apt!
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