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? asked in Family & RelationshipsFriends · 9 years ago

is me or my friend right?

i said that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing but he says they mean different things who is right?

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  • ?
    9 years ago

    You are..

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    back in the 1920s the National Fire Protection Association urged people to start using the word 'flammable' instead of 'inflammable' (which is the original word) because they were concerned some people might think inflammable meant not-flammable.

  • Mellie
    9 years ago

    They mean different things. Flammable can catch on fire. Inflammable can't.

  • G
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    They both man the same. Back in the day people used inflamable but some people thought it meant not flamable so they began using flamable tonot confuse ppl but both mean combustible

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