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CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm waiting on/in line.

Hey, guy, please get on/in line. I have been waiting on/in line for hours!

Which preposition is correct?
  

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What is meant by line here? in line=in queue, online=one the internet/telephone

  • What is meant by line here?
  • in line=in queue, online=one the internet/telephone
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What is meant by line here?
in line=in queue, online=one the internet/telephone
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Do you say queue? This word is weird.
What I meant is, for example, to buy a ticket, you must get in\on line and waiting in\on line..
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The word is quite familiar to me, a software engineer.
It is British English word for American line.
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You wait in [a] line (AmE) or wait in a queue (BrE).

I guess you will hear New Yorkers say "on line" when they actually mean "in line", but I imagine this is a regional thing.

Also, I don't think that the word "guy" is necessary in your first sentence, CharmYou. The listener will most certainly know you're talking to him without being addressed as a "guy". You may a

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