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That we often travel on a train or on a boat (as opposed to being in either of these things) but we don't travel on a car, rather preferring to travel in it?
... what
We travel on trains, planes and boats.
We travel in a car.
Why do we use "on" instead of "in" for boats, planes and trains?
That we often travel on a train or on a boat (as opposed to being in either of these things) but we don't travel on a car, rather preferring to travel in it?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define:traincaravan: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"
Also the phrasing of "there is no smoking on anywhere ON this station" seems a bit weird to me. I accept you can be "on" a station or "on" a football pitch but I am never "on" my office (they're all just places) so why the difference do we think?
What happens though if the Station concerned is enclosed with walls and a roof? Does that mean it would be correct to say in that station whereas a non-enclosed station would see one on it rather than in it it?
Sums it up nicely for me.You say get on the plane. I say **** you, i'm getting IN the plane