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need your help - grammar

galq

Bulgaria

Again I need your help,friends.
1.Will you tell me – after the transformation of the sentence `The train is full of people`,which preposition is nesessary IN or ON:`There are a lot of people on/in the train`.

2.And would you like to tell me whether the word order in these sentences is cor​rect.You needn`t to correct them,only tell me:correct or not.

a.`It takes 4 hours from London to Athens by plane.`

b.`People speak more than 400 different languages all over the world.`
c.`This is the museum where I have never been`.

09:39 AM Feb 17 2009 |

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tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

Usually we say: on the train

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm

http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/prepositions-of-time/

Also, there is some debate on the use of the word are in the phrase there are a lot of people

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/5741-there-lot-people-there-lot-people.html

 

12:36 PM Feb 17 2009 |

galq

Bulgaria

Dear tiffintime,

Thank you so much for the help. I agree with the answer.Laughing

I also went through the sites you have offered .Tnanks. :)

12:15 PM Feb 18 2009 |

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

You're welcome. Talking about trains, here's something that may interest you:

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/zt/xbdkf/t274455.htm

 

07:58 AM Feb 19 2009 |

Kyle A

Kyle A

United States

Both "in" and "on" are acceptable. Whichever you feel like using. Although, "in" is the more correct and "on" is the most used.

09:46 PM Feb 19 2009 |

galq

Bulgaria

Thank you for the attention to me.:)

10:49 AM Feb 20 2009 |