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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Are you checking any luggage today?
In an airport:
Are you checking any luggage today?
Are you checking in any luggage today?
If it's in an airport, which of the above two makes more sense? Is it possible that both sound right but mean slightly different things?
Are you checking any luggage today?
Are you checking in any luggage today?
If it's in an airport, which of the above two makes more sense? Is it possible that both sound right but mean slightly different things?
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Hi Angliholic Your first sentence is one I would expect to hear from an employee of an airline when I check in for my flight. I go to the appropriate airline's counter in order to check my luggage and receive my boarding pass. I might tell someone that I checked two suitcases when I checked in for my flight.
- Hi Angliholic Your first sentence is one I would expect to hear from an employee of an airline when I check in for my flight.
- I go to the appropriate airline's counter in order to check my luggage and receive my boarding pass.
- I might tell someone that I checked two suitcases when I checked in for my flight.
- In the airport context, I would expect "check in luggage" to mean the opening (in order to inspect the content) of suitcases.
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Hi Angliholic
Your first sentence is one I would expect to hear from an employee of an airline when I check in for my flight. I go to the appropriate airline's counter in order to check my luggage and receive my boarding pass.
I might tell someone that I checked two suitcases when I checked in for my flight.
In the airport context, I would expect "chec
Your first sentence is one I would expect to hear from an employee of an airline when I check in for my flight. I go to the appropriate airline's counter in order to check my luggage and receive my boarding pass.
I might tell someone that I checked two suitcases when I checked in for my flight.
In the airport context, I would expect "chec
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I don't think "checking in any luggage" is wrong, per se, but the "in any" is kind of awkward to say and, at least when I practice saying it, tends to get a bit muddled.
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Checking in luggage is fine, IMO.
In the New York Times:
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There are even discussions about whether to begin charging passengers
for checking in luggage or advance seat assignments; card-carrying
elites would most likely be exempt from those fees.
In the New York Times:
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There are even discussions about whether to begin charging passengers
for checking in luggage or advance seat assignments; card-carrying
elites would most likely be exempt from those fees.
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