Which variant is the correct one: I am sitting in a bus or on a bus?

Question

I am sitting in the train or on the train (meaning that you are insede the train)

Answer 1

I am sitting in a bus.This is the correct sentence to show that you are sitting inside the bus.

Answer 2

If you are using a present tense indicating that you are indeed already on the bus, stating that you are "sitting in the bus" is correct.

You would use the term "on" the bus/train when stating that you are planning to get on the bus/train, but have yet to do so. ("I'm going to get on the bus").

Alternately, I've often heard people state that they were "on the bus". The operative difference is simply stating that you were on the bus vs. describing what you were doing on the bus (i.e. "sitting/standing on the bus" would be incorrect.)

The gist of all this is that the most commonly understood ways to express your activity in this case would be to say that "I was on the bus" or "I was sitting in the bus".

Answer 3

You didn't check your spelling (insede). If you are sitting in a bus you are inside the shell of the bus. But if you are sitting on a bus you could be inside or on top of it.

Answer 4

Strangely enough, the correct term is 'I am sitting on a bus' which, I have to admit seems a bit strange but that's how it is.

As regards the train, there is never any sitting room on a train in England so the correct terminology here is : "F**k me, here we go again, why don't they supply more trains so I can sit down!"

Answer 5

To use the absolute best grammar, both sentences would use IN instead of ON. This is because according to grammar, if you are ON the train, then you are literally on top of the train. To refer to riding inside the train, you would be IN it. In our culture now, as it has changed greatly over the years and many of our words have been altered by slang and lack of education, you can get away with using either and people will understand what you mean. But it is not proper grammar. In other circumstances, you would use ON. For instance if you are riding a bicycle, then you are ON a bike, not IN it. That all depends on the physical state of the item you are referring to.

Answer 6

Sitting on a bus could indicate that you are on the top of the bus which would be bad going around corners.

Answer 7

I think it depends on your frame of reference.. If your talking to someone else (a single person) say on the phone, then I would say "I'm sitting on the bus". If I'm writing something and addressing it to nobody in particular, then I would write "I'm sitting in the bus"... maybe when talking about the past, like a story or something... (I'm sitting in the bus and all of a sudden...) Hope this helps

Answer 8

I'm sitting ina bus which means that you are sitting inside the bus. I'm sitting on a bus means that you are sitting on the bus, but not necessarily inside the bus.

Answer 9

since u r sittin inside d bus or train u should say that u r sitting in the bus or train

Answer 10

If you're inside the bus sitting down then you are sitting in a bus. However, if you're on top of the roof, you're sitting on a bus.