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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

On gets

In the following sentence, what does ' on gets' mean?

You are sitting on a tube and on gets someone you instinctively feel is American.
  

Top answer

Here, 'on gets someone you feel' = 'someone gets on (who) you feel'. This is a rather literary form.

— Mister Micawber

  • Here, 'on gets someone you feel' = 'someone gets on (who) you feel'.
  • This is a rather literary form.
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Here, 'on gets someone you feel' = 'someone gets on (who) you feel'. This is a rather literary form.
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Then, what does ' somone get on you feel' mean? Still confused!
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Do you think about the responses before you post, sun?

You are sitting on a tube and someone gets on (the tube) who you instinctively feel is American.
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