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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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why is it that we use on for the phrase "on the buss" ?
  

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Hi, I am taking a wild guess People sit on horse or cow wagons as long distance travel. So people are used to using on since long long time ago. So when buses appeared as transport, people use sitting "on" the bus and not sitting "in" the bus.

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  • Hi, I am taking a wild guess People sit on horse or cow wagons as long distance travel.
  • So people are used to using on since long long time ago.
  • So when buses appeared as transport, people use sitting "on" the bus and not sitting "in" the bus.
  • This is my wild guess
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Hi,

I am taking a wild guess Emotion: smile

People sit on horse or cow wagons as long distance travel. So people are used to us
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