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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
On/in train
1.He travels by train.
2.He met Maria on the train.
3.He read the today's newspaper on the train.
4. Il mangera sur l'avion - He will eat on the plane.
I know my first and second sentences are fine. How about the third and fourth sentences? Would you say in or or this context?
It would be correct to say I saw him in the train provided that I was in the platform.
I was in the platform waiting for another train and the man in question was seated in another train.
It could be that he was in a movin train too.
How about the prepositions in the third and fourth sentences?
I appreciate your comments.
2.He met Maria on the train.
3.He read the today's newspaper on the train.
4. Il mangera sur l'avion - He will eat on the plane.
I know my first and second sentences are fine. How about the third and fourth sentences? Would you say in or or this context?
It would be correct to say I saw him in the train provided that I was in the platform.
I was in the platform waiting for another train and the man in question was seated in another train.
It could be that he was in a movin train too.
How about the prepositions in the third and fourth sentences?
I appreciate your comments.
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I would be inclined to say 2, 3, and 4 just as you have. However, in the train/plane is not exactly incorrect, and might even be preferable in certain contexts. I would probably always say on the platform.
- I would be inclined to say 2, 3, and 4 just as you have.
- However, in the train/plane is not exactly incorrect, and might even be preferable in certain contexts.
- I would probably always say on the platform.
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I would be inclined to say 2, 3, and 4 just as you have.
However, in the train/plane is not exactly incorrect, and might even be preferable in certain contexts.
I would probably always say on the platform.
However, in the train/plane is not exactly incorrect, and might even be preferable in certain contexts.
I would probably always say on the platform.
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>It would be correct to say I saw him in the train provided that I was in the platform.
only if you mean you're embedded in the asphalt thereof
only if you mean you're embedded in the asphalt thereof
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Marius Hancuonly if you mean you're embedded in the asphalt thereof
I forgot about that instance...
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I thank both Marius and davkett for the replies.
I like the picture you have posted.
It should be 'on' the platform. I have made a silly error.
So if you are on the platform and a person known to you is sitting inside the train, you will say I saw him/her in the train.
I like the picture you have posted.
It should be 'on' the platform. I have made a silly error.
So if you are on the platform and a person known to you is sitting inside the train, you will say I saw him/her in the train.
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