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We pushed the car for 100 meters but id didn't come on.
Is that sentence okay?
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Atatürk wrote:We pushed the car for 100 meters but id didn't come on.
Is that sentence okay? If you pushed the car in an effort to start it, then you would say that.
We pushed the car for 100 meters but it didn't start.
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Yes, pushing in an effort to start it.
So, 'come on' is right in my sentence?
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No, cars "start" -- they don't "come on".
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How about a heater?
Do they go off and come on?
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Atatürk wrote:How about a heater?
Do they go off and come on? Yes, heaters go off and come on, but cars have a mechanism called a "starter" which turns the engine over and starts the process of running. For that reason, we say we "start" the car. You can, however, say you turned the key to the ON position, but that doesn't start the car. To do that, you turn the key to the "start" position.
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