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Re:Only race cars should burnout by ebg13 on Monday September 02, 2019 @08:42PM (#20862821)
> but to burn out as the correct verb and to burnout as the incorrect verb mean two different things

They don't, though.

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Re:Only race cars should burnout by mlevental on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:31AM (#20867511)
sorry i haven't seen many race cars burn out like candles or burn out like overworked employees. i have seen many though perform burnouts where they warm up the tires to increase how sticky they are.
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Re:Only race cars should burnout by ebg13 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @12:39AM (#20874038)
> i haven't seen many race cars burn out like candles

I think you're getting confused by ommitted implied words. When a race car burns out, it is burning out its tires not itself.

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Re:Only race cars should burnout by stiglitz on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:09PM (#20873058)
Yes, it’s correct to say that they “perform burnouts,” because “burnout” is being used there as a noun.
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