Understand the wrong definition of inflammable and you might end up with more than an embarrassing situation while talking to your English professor. Inflammable and flammable are two words that are ...

The words flammable and inflammable are often misinterpreted as opposites. As a matter of fact, flammable and inflammable mean exactly the same — capable of burning. Eg:Petrol is highly flammable.

We’ve all been there: You’re about to write or say a word when you realize there are two forms and you don’t know which is correct. One of them is shorter, like dissociate, the other seems more ...

A local library commissioner who’s a language-lover and a personal friend, recently professed curiosity about the confusing terms “flammable” and “inflammable,” and I muddied the water further by ...

Hello and a very ?warm? welcome to the English Language Clinic. This week I have been asked to differentiate (establish a difference) between ?flammable? and ?inflammable?. The simple answer is that ...

English! What a nutty language we speak. Who the hell put the K in "knife?" Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? You might think you speak this grand olde tongue pretty well — but do ...