Not me. I get "in" an airplane. No way I'll ever get on one.
2007-09-11 04:39:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Well actually, some people do. They are known as wing-walkers. Most of us do, as you suspect, get in an airplane. But if you have seen film of the wing-walkers, you should note that some people really do get "on" an airplane.
Not me though, ever.
2007-09-12 03:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by KDCCPA 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
You're taking "on" in one specific sense. I don't know if you've noticed but "on" has a HUGE number of uses. Proper idiomatic English is to get/be..ON a train, plane, bus. . .
"1u. Used to indicate a means of conveyance: ride on a train."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on
The basic reason may simply be that you walk onto these vehicles (unlike a car).
The point of "in" would, in this case, be "enclosure", emphasizing that you are inside and surrounded by something. That may, in fact, be the case for some of these large vehicles. But it is NOT the point of the expression.
2007-09-11 23:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not me, I don't fly, but if I did, I would board a plane.
notsolucky: How about, "I am going to shower."?
That's fine, I am very sarcastic, too as if you couldn't tell.
2007-09-11 12:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm... kind of like when people say they get a shower/take a shower?
....although i wouldn't know how else to state those ((sarcasm))
timberwolf - true statement...i understand there are correct ways of saying it. i guess i should have stated my sarcasm in that comment
2007-09-11 11:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by notsolucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. That is a grammar error that has always irritated me, too!
2007-09-11 11:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
na some people do get on biplanes though!!! maybe some paopla are insane tog et on one buckled in and that it might be fun i dunno im not daft enough to try it
2007-09-11 11:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋