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Ask for help > Can you ride a plane?
Can you ride a plane?
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Yolandaprieto
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Can you ride a plane?
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That �s my question. I would say fly a plane but one of my students wrote it and I am not sure whether you can say that in English or not. Thanks in advance Yolanda |
1 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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Fly a plane, or pilot a plane. That �s you in the driving seat. Fly on a plane or travel by plane, go by plane, that �s you as a passenger. I asked my son, �What �s it called if you get strapped onto the wings? � I �ve always fancied that. Anyway, that �s �wing walking. � |
1 Mar 2015
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spinney
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You might want to ask one of our American colleagues about this one. I �m pretty sure I �ve heard something like "I rode the bus to Springfield," or something similar. So, given that context perhaps it might be possible. From a Brit perspective I agree with Lynne although I would add "ride on a plane," too. |
1 Mar 2015
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Yolandaprieto
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Thanks for answering so fast. Sometimes I find it impossible to check things like this anywhere. Yolanda |
1 Mar 2015
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redcamarocruiser
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I would say you can fly by plane, as Lynne said. Riding on a plane would mean to me that you are sitting on top of the plane (outside of it on the "roof"). |
1 Mar 2015
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alien boy
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Here �s a pretty good breakdown of �ride � and its many meanings & usages. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ride To me �fly a plane � means you are the pilot or you are controlling a model/toy airplane. You could use pilot (as a verb), but that would seem fairly old fashioned to me. A pilot flies the plane. I haven �t often heard �pilot a plane �. Mind you, �pilot a ship � is a phrase I have heard! As a passenger you could �travel on/in a plane �, �fly in /on a plane �, �go on/in a plane �, or use �by plane/air �. |
2 Mar 2015
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Zora
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You could say, "They went for a ride in the plane." ... This would probably be used only when you are going for a short flight up in a little propeller type plane though. When I was 5 or so, the kids in my kindergarten went up for a short ride in a crop duster!!! True story! :)
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2 Mar 2015
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