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can anyone clear this up for me?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Right this is a bit random and I have no idea why or how it came into my head but...
Why do people say they're in the car when they are driving but say they're on a plane or train when they are inside of the plane and train I do it too but I don't know why? Haha |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'll try and reword it. When you unlock your car and open the door you get in the car. When the train pulls up at the station you get on the train why do people say they get on the train rather than in it which they actually do haha |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Because you're not driving the train or piloting the plane?
Would need a train driver or pilot to confirm my theory, though..."
But saying that if got a taxi you get in the taxi not on the taxi haha |
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"I'll try and reword it. When you unlock your car and open the door you get in the car. When the train pulls up at the station you get on the train why do people say they get on the train rather than in it which they actually do haha "
Let Evel Knievel get ON the train!
I'm getting IN the train!
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"I'll try and reword it. When you unlock your car and open the door you get in the car. When the train pulls up at the station you get on the train why do people say they get on the train rather than in it which they actually do haha "
I'm 5'10"...I can walk on to a plane and walk on to a train.
I can only walk on a car if I'm on top of it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'll try and reword it. When you unlock your car and open the door you get in the car. When the train pulls up at the station you get on the train why do people say they get on the train rather than in it which they actually do haha "
Excellent question... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'll try and reword it. When you unlock your car and open the door you get in the car. When the train pulls up at the station you get on the train why do people say they get on the train rather than in it which they actually do haha
I'm 5'10"...I can walk on to a plane and walk on to a train.
I can only walk on a car if I'm on top of it."
According to Google this man is correct! It's all about the ability to move around on the vehicle in question |
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Not a pilot or train driver.
But it comes down to the perception of the words..
"I'm in the train" or "im in the plane" even saying it feels wrong in the mouth. Even though technically correct still feels wrong, but this could be down to social training.
However why would you be on the phone whilst ON a plane? Surely thats the more worrying statement lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For vehicles, anything considered to have a large floor space is ON and a small floor space is IN. Large floor spaces are considered platforms, small floors are considered containers.
Therefore it's in a car, in a small boat, in a helicopter, in a rocket, in a hot air balloon, in a small plane (think of a an old biplane).
But we say on a train, on a ship, on the space shuttle, etc.
When the platform has no walls (i.e. it is not an enclosure) we say on, too. So it's on a stage, on a table, on a horse, on a bike, on a skateboard. If we confuse on with in in these cases the visual image becomes very different: in a horse means you physically enter the horse's body, for example.
*Blatantly plagiarised with the help of google |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"For vehicles, anything considered to have a large floor space is ON and a small floor space is IN. Large floor spaces are considered platforms, small floors are considered containers.
Therefore it's in a car, in a small boat, in a helicopter, in a rocket, in a hot air balloon, in a small plane (think of a an old biplane).
But we say on a train, on a ship, on the space shuttle, etc.
When the platform has no walls (i.e. it is not an enclosure) we say on, too. So it's on a stage, on a table, on a horse, on a bike, on a skateboard. If we confuse on with in in these cases the visual image becomes very different: in a horse means you physically enter the horse's body, for example.
*Blatantly plagiarised with the help of google"
hmmm now id say onto a helipcopter  |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
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"Right this is a bit random and I have no idea why or how it came into my head but...
Why do people say they're in the car when they are driving but say they're on a plane or train when they are inside of the plane and train I do it too but I don't know why? Haha "
Im gessing its cos wen u r driving or a passenger u see it as in the car as its small and can probley go eneywear you want quit quikley.
But if your on a train/plane then u r travling on sumthing wear u your self has no control of wear it go's and how fast it go's. |
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"If we confuse 'on' with 'in' in these cases, the visual image becomes very different: in a horse means you physically enter the horse's body, for example"
I've been on Fab too long. All I can picture now is *that* documentary about Colombian donkeys
Mr ddc |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It all stems from the term used "to board". You board a plane at the departure gate, you board a train at a station etc. IE you are on board a plane, boat or train. The word board stemming from when a person literally walked along a board/plank to enter the train carriage or from the dock to a boat (boarding plank etc) the term also came to include aircraft. It doesn't refer to being on top of. |
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