Is the train dash time in or on?
Is the train dash time in or on? The rule could be further explained by taking example of a train. When you refer to the running of a train, you say that the train is running on time; but when refer to the reaching of the train a particular station, you say the train reached the station in time.
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.
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.