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Nugso Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Bus

Hi. I'd like to ask three questions if I may:

Say, I'm on the bus and there's someone who missed the bus but I can see him trying to catch the bus. What's the most natural sentence I can tell to the driver? 'Hold on, someone is coming.'?

Is the guy who's driving the bus called a driver?

Why do we use on and the with bus? We're technically inside the bus, so shouldn't we use in? How about 'the'? I guess we should only use it when it's already been mentioned.
  

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Nugso What's the most natural sentence I can tell to the driver? Please stop / wait, there's someone who wants to get on. Nugso Is the guy who's driving the bus called a driver?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Nugso What's the most natural sentence I can tell to the driver?
  • Please stop / wait, there's someone who wants to get on.
  • Nugso Is the guy who's driving the bus called a driver?
  • Yes.
  • A bus driver.
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Nugso What's the most natural sentence I can tell to the driver?
Please stop / wait, there's someone who wants to get on.
NugsoIs the guy who's driving the bus called a driver?
Yes. A bus driver. (Male or female)
NugsoHow about 'the'? I guess we should only use it when it's already been mentioned.
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Thanks very much, Alphecca Stars.
AlpheccaStarsWe use "on" if you can step onto a vehicle, or sit on top of it.Also, "on" is preferred if you can stand when it's in motion. We are on a raft, a boat, a ship, a plane, a bicycle, a sled, a chariot or a wagon.We are in a car, a carriage, a stagecoach, a taxi.
I don't quite get this one. Why don't we say we're on a c
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Nugso We can stand when it's in motion.
Not in any kind of car Emotion: automobile I know, except maybe a
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Oh, lol, pity me! I thought by standing you meant we could sit(Emotion: tongue tied) on the seat while it's in motion. Thanks!
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