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Tinanam0102 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

get up on / go on

Hi teachers,

I'm not sure if 'cable car rides' is common usage. Can you correct the following? Thanks

1. I want to get up on one of those cable cars.
2. I want to go on a ride on a cable car.
3. I want to go on one of those cable car rides.

Thanks
TN
  

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"go on a ride" applies more to an activity at an amusement park. I would say, "I want to ride a cable car". I would not use "get up on", but just "get on".

— CalifJim

  • "go on a ride" applies more to an activity at an amusement park.
  • I would say, "I want to ride a cable car".
  • I would not use "get up on", but just "get on".
  • Let's get on the cable car.
  • Also, "take": We'll take the cable car downtown .
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"go on a ride" applies more to an activity at an amusement park.

I would say, "I want to ride a cable car".

I would not use "get up on", but just "get on". Let's get on the cable car. Also, "take": We'll take the cable car downtown.

CJ
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Hi CalifJim,

1. Is it correct to say 'Let's go for a ride on the cable car'?
2. Would you say 'one of the cable car rides'?
3. Would you also say 'Let's get in the cable car'?
Thanks
TN
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tinanam01021. Is it correct to say 'Let's go for a ride on the cable car'?
The grammar is correct, but only a tourist unfamiliar with cable cars would consider it an amusement ride. For the local people it would be a means of transportation, like a bus.
tinanam01022. Would you say 'one of the cable car rides'?
No.
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Hi CalifJim,

Thanks for the correction.

Does it mean 'get on the bus, elevator, airplane, helipcoter, boat, speedboat, spaceship, cable car, rocket, ferry' but 'get in/into a train, car, tram, a taxi, a cab'?

Because I am confused with the sentences from the dictionary: lavatory is most often used for a room in an airplane. traveling on/in an airplane
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tinanam0102get on the bus, elevator, airplane, helipcoter, boat, speedboat, spaceship, cable car, rocket, ferry
I use these:

get on the
bus, airplane, boat (large), ship, cable car, ferry, train

get in the
car, taxi, cab, airplane, boat (small), row boat, speedboat, helicopter

Other speakers may have different preferences in
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Hi CalifJim,

Thanks for your clarification.

TN
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