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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Go on foot VS Go by foot

Hi

I assume that many native speakers of English find walk by foot incorrect. But I often see by foot these days in newspapers, magazines, etc. Frazeit.com has examples galore; N-grams look down upon this usage. Could you please shed some light on this?

-- went by foot

-- went on foot

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=went+by+foot&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff=

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=go+on+foot%2C+go+by+foot&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cgo%20on%20foot%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cgo%20by%20foot%3B%2Cc0

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom I assume that many native speakers of English find walk by foot incorrect. I do, certainly.

— Mister Micawber

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  • Tom I assume that many native speakers of English find walk by foot incorrect.
  • I do, certainly.
  • 'Walk' = 'go on foot'.
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Mr. TomI assume that many native speakers of English find walk by foot incorrect.

I do, certainly. 'Walk' = 'go on foot'.

Mr. TomBut I often see by foot these days in newspapers, magazines, etc. Frazeit.com has examples galore; N-grams look down upon this usage. Could you please shed some light on this?-- went by foot-- went on
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