0
Vaxy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Train from, arrived at/on/in, departed at/on/from, stand at/on/in

0Is the following form grammatically or structurally correct?02br
02br
01u02br
02br
00Train number 02u
01span0040771 02span01u00 /01b00from02b00 02u01span0003.05.2007 02span01u00 02u01span02span02br
01ul
    01li
  • 00arrived 01b00at02b00 01span0010h 02span00 01b00on02b00 01span02span01span00 04.05.2007. 02span00 01b00in02b00 the station 01span00City 02span02li
  • 02ul
01ul
    01li
  • 00departed 01b00at02b00 01span0011h 02span00 01b00on02b00 01span0004.05.2007. 02span00 01b00from02b00 the station 01span01span00City 02span02span02li
  • 02ul
01ul
    01li
  • 00stand 01b00at02b00 01span0010h30m 02span00 01b00on02b00 01span0004.05.2007. 02span00 01b00in02b00 the station 01span01span00 City 02span02span02li
  • 02ul
00 0-
  

Top answer

2007. 01b 00in02b 00 the station City 02font 00OK. Or 'at' the station.

  • 2007.
  • 01b 00in02b 00 the station City 02font 00OK.
  • Or 'at' the station.
  • What do you mean by 'city' here?
  • 2007.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

7 Answers
0
0Hi Vaxy,02br
02br
00Welcome to the Forum.02br
02br
01font00Is the following form grammatically or structurally correct?02br
02font
02br
02br
01font00Train number 40771 /01b00from02b00 03.05.2007 00You can't say 'a train from May 5,
0
0Clive,02br
00 It is form for freight trains, not passenger trains. 02br
00 I can't say a train from "date", i.e. yesterday. But what would be correct?02br
02br
00City here is irrelevant and it is the name of the station.02br
02br
00Stand actually means that the train stands in a station. Not moving. 00 02br
02br
0
0Hi,02br
02br
01font00It is form for freight trains, not passenger trains. 02br
00I can't say a train from "date", i.e. yesterday. But what would be correct?02font
00 I don't understand what you are trying to say. Can you write a sentence as an example of what you mean?02br
02br
01font
0
0Hi!02br
02br
00This form was designed for people in railway business. So terminology is a little bit specific and I’m afraid that we are moving discussion away from the purpose of this forum that is grammar issue.02br
02br
02br
02br
00---------02br
02br
01span00It is form for freight trai
0
0Hello,02br
02br
00You may need to find someone with experience of freight train terminology in that case, as we can only tell you about the standard forms regarding passenger trains.02br
02br
00I agree that we don't use 'from' regarding the departure date, at least with passenger trains. But then I've never heard anyone discuss the departure date of a tra
0
0Thanks to all participants.02br
02br
00It has been very useful for me.02br
02br
00So according to the discussion I redesigned the form as following:02br
02br
02br
02br
00<FORM>02br
02br
00Train number 01u004077102u00 / 01b00departure date02b00 0
0
0Hi,02br
02br
01li
  • 01font00is 01b00at02b00 01u0010h30m02u00 01b00on02b00 01u0004.05.2007.02u00 01b00in02b00 the station 01u00Kelebia-Hungary 02u00 02font02li
  • 02br
    02br
    

    Related Questions