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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

preposition

Do we say ' in the bus' or 'on the bus'?
  

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More often "on the bus", but occasionally you'll hear "in the bus" if the bus is being considered simply an enclosure, a place, rather than a means of transport. To get to work you take the bus. Get on the bus immediately, or you'll be late.

  • More often "on the bus", but occasionally you'll hear "in the bus" if the bus is being considered simply an enclosure, a place, rather than a means of transport.
  • To get to work you take the bus.
  • Get on the bus immediately, or you'll be late.
  • It's starting to rain.
  • Get in the bus immediately, or you'll get wet.
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More often "on the bus", but occasionally you'll hear "in the bus" if the bus is being considered simply an enclosure, a place, rather than a means of transport.

To get to work you take the bus. Get on the bus immediately, or you'll be late. It's starting to rain. Get in the bus immediately, or you'll get wet. The passengers are on the bus. Yesterday there was an

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