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Vince Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Transportation Preposition

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01i00Preposition...............Nouns..........................................Examples02i02br
00in............................car, truck.....................................I went to Vancouver in my car. 02br
00on...........................bus, train, ship, plane, bicycle........I went downtown on the bus. 02br
00.................................................................................We travelled to Toronto on the train. 02br
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00I found the above on the internet, and I came up with the following rule: 02br
00When you drive: it’s 01i00in02i00 your vehicle 02br
00When someone else drives, you ride 01i00on02i00 the vehicle. 02br
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00Is this correct? 0-
  

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0 Looks fine to me. 02br 00You can also say you drove "with" X, the actual driver. But it could also mean X was your passenger.

— Pieanne

  • 0 Looks fine to me.
  • 02br 00You can also say you drove "with" X, the actual driver.
  • But it could also mean X was your passenger.
  • The point is that if you say "I" drove, it implies you are the driver 0-
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0 Looks fine to me. 02br
00You can also say you drove "with" X, the actual driver. But it could also mean X was your passenger. The point is that if you say "I" drove, it implies you are the driver 0-
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0 But you would not say "I went to Vancouver on my friend's car"! It's always "in a car" or 'by car", regardless of who drives. You can use "by" with any of the forms of transportation - by car, by plane, by bicycle. 0-
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0 This is the rule that works for me: 02br
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00in + private means of transport (car and taxi) 02br
00on+ public transport, or bikes, motorcycles, horses, donkeys ... 0-
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0 It think Maripinkys rule is a better one. With one exeption perhaps: bicyle. You thing there are more exeptions? 0-
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0 Another exception is "on foot". My feet have never been used as a means for public transportation. 02br
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00paco 02br
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0 Vince, 02br
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00The bicycle is not an exception. Read my previous post again. 02br
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00on+ public trasport (buses, trains, planes, etc) and transport you sit on (motorcycles, bikes, horses, donkeys, etc). 02br
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00As Paco says, the only exception is "on foot". 0-
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0I see05002br
00Thanks again! 010id1
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00Another exception is "on foot". My feet have never been used as a means for public transportation. 12blockquote
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00paco - maybe you could earn some extra money that way! 02br
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0 Lol, Khoff! 02br
00Then it would be ON back too, right? 0-
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"on" is used for transportation on which we can stand and / or walk. "on a bus, on a train, on a plane, on a boat" vs. "in a car, in a taxi"
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