Do we say go by bus or in a bus?
Do we say go by bus or in a bus? The answer is both are correct; to travel on a bus and to travel by bus mean the same thing. No matter which term is used, it simply implies that a person is using a bus to get from one place to another. However, the use of the preposition 'on' in to travel on a bus sounds more natural in English than to travel by bus.
Is it in a taxi or on a taxi?
GRAMMAR: Patterns with taxi• You say get in a taxi: He got in a taxi and left. ?Don't say: get on a taxi• You say get out of a taxi: Two women got out of the taxi. ?Don't say: get off a taxi• You say that someone is in a taxi: I read my notes while I was in the taxi.
What is the correct preposition for bus?
Use on for large vehicles which you can stand and walk around in (a bus, an airplane, a train, a metro/subway car, a cruise ship, a boat). Use in for (usually) smaller vehicles or crafts that you have to enter and sit in (a car, a taxi, a truck, a helicopter, a canoe, a kayak, a small boat, a carriage, a rickshaw).