Can someone please tell me,
Why do we say 'on' the train or the bus but say 'in' the car, on a flight but in an aircraft please?
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It's just a guess, but I would say that "on" refers to a journey of a set destination. You are not so much on the bus, Train or Aero plane, but on-route. It is probably a contraction or a bastardisation coming from French or something : en-route de la omnibus = on the route of the bus, or on the bus (route).
That is why you are always "in" a car, the course of travel and destination is not fixed.
I am probably completely wrong, but that is my guess anyway.
It's just a guess, but I would say that "on" refers to a journey of a set destination. You are not so much on the bus, Train or Aero plane, but on-route. It is probably a contraction or a bastardisation coming from French or something : en-route de la omnibus = on the route of the bus, or on the bus (route).
That is why you are always "in" a car, the course of travel and destination is not fixed.
I am probably completely wrong, but that is my guess anyway.
True...so why do we say..'in flight' as well as 'on' the flight, or sitting 'in' the bus or train but ride 'on' the train or bus? The same issue arises when we use 'at' and 'in'...eg, Tim was 'at' the station but the shops were 'in' the station.
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