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Industrial use of the word "Car wash" Versus "Car wash" Considered

There seems to be a bit of a discrepancy in the car wash industry as to where the car wash is more appropriate the term “car wash” or “car wash”, that is, it’s all a word or two words. Well, since I have been in the industry for almost 30 years before I retire, I would like to discuss this with you for a moment and give you my opinion on this controversy.

Interestingly, the term “car wash” has been used since the industry began, but many people use “car wash” online, and when they speak, over the years, it seems to be one or both. Unfortunately, the use of “car wash” also confuses those who are inflexible about correct English, because it confuses the noun with the action of washing a car.

However, I can say this, I was instrumental in my career of modifying the English language to use the term “car wash” as a verb and as a noun, and looking back, I like it that way. Now, for most of my career I was on the mobile side of the industry.

No one in the mobile car wash industry uses the word “car wash” to describe their businesses, and most people in traditional location-based car washes use “car wash” to describe their operations. That is why I used the term as I did, although I bet you could find a half dozen English learners or teachers in any school who would disagree with my opinion on this or the realities of a changing and evolving industry.

So that’s why I think you might disagree with the English teachers, I’ve changed the term over the years and I like it my way better, plus if you search for the word online, search engines seem to attract businesses, and they don’t seem to open many car wash “action” type websites. The world has changed, so it’s time for all English editors, teachers, and the public to get used to it and change or get run over by the onslaught of real language users, and watch out now, because here comes China with more. English speakers as a second language than the number of people in the US India is next so we are all going to have to deal with that.

When reading about this word on Wikipedia, it immediately announces that both uses of the word are common and seems to indicate that either of them is perfectly acceptable. I tend to agree with that, and I would tell you that when talking about mobile business you should always use two words to describe it, and when talking about a fixed site location you should generally or mainly use the one word version, that most of the industry would agree. In fact, I hope this clears things up for you, please consider all of this and think about it.

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