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Bn77 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Ride vs. get on

If somebody is standing on the boat, you can say that he/she is riding on the boat but you can't say he/she is getting on the boat. Am I correct?
  

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Hi, 'Riding on the boat' is not really idiomatic. Often, we just simply say 'He is on the boat'. 'Getting on the boat ' is the brief action of taking your feet off the land and putting them on the boat .

— Clive

  • Hi, 'Riding on the boat' is not really idiomatic.
  • Often, we just simply say 'He is on the boat'.
  • 'Getting on the boat ' is the brief action of taking your feet off the land and putting them on the boat .
  • Clive
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Hi,

'Riding on the boat' is not really idiomatic.
Often, we just simply say 'He is on the boat'.

'Getting on the boat ' is the brief action of taking your feet off the land and putting them on the boat.

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