Just a simple language question that I debated at the bar. I personally say you get IN the elevator...
2007-01-02 17:13:48 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
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Like that girl said , if you were going to get ON it you'd have to be ON top of it but your stepping IN to it. So you'd be getting in the elevator just as if you were stepping INside somewhere. Your going in not on.
2007-01-02 17:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by +No longer a Yahoo answerer+ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did get off on an elevator once, wait, now I've got it, we were in the elevator when we got off.
2007-01-03 01:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get in the elevator. To get on it, one would need to crawl on top of the elevator car.
2007-01-03 01:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jon's Mom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You get IN an elevator and ON an escalator.
2007-01-03 01:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by AVAB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you walk INSIDE the contraption, you are going in the elevator.
2007-01-03 01:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by pierceplatinum 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. I quickly think "in", because you're getting inside. But when you get "on board" on a ship... you use "on".
"In" can be used because you're getting inside something.
But because the elevator is a transportation subject, then the appropriate term should be should "on".
2007-01-03 01:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Sory 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is dangerous conversation for a bar! The answer is both!
2007-01-03 01:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In...On means the top of.
Same as "get in the car".
2007-01-03 01:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree.. its IN an elevator.. and ON an escalator.. but maybe it just depends on where you live.. some people say toe-mae-toe.. some people say toe-mahhh-toe.. puh-tay-toe.. puh-tah-toe..
2007-01-03 01:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by Ditzy20 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say on since I'm taking a ride on it .
2007-01-03 01:16:06 · answer #10 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋