четверг, 3 октября 2013 г.

get in the bus vs. get on the bus

What is the difference between “get in the bus” and “get on the bus”?

On the bus is the phrase that illustrates how on doesn't always mean atop or attached to. Truth is, prepositions are very versatile words with several usages, nuances, and idiomatic meanings.  We get on a bus for the same reason we get on a train – because it's short for getting "on board" the bus. 

You never get in the bus unless it's a small bus the size of a car; you always get on the bus. But you get in a car, not the other way around.

On the other hand in some locales, there's a big difference between being on the bus, and in the bus, as is depicted here:





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