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网页Dec 22, 2013. #3. owlman5 said: If it's important to you that your listener understands that you took more than one bus on your journey, you can certainly use "take buses". It's probably more common to use different language for that idea: Tom had to switch/change buses on his trip to the airport. Oh, I see. Thanks a lot for your comments, Owlman!
take/ catch/ get a bus? | WordReference Forums
网页2009年10月31日 — You can take a bus if you're on your way to the bus stop, ready to hop on the first one available-- "catch a bus" is interchangeable, but it sometimes evokes hurrying or running late (as GreenWhiteBlue suggests). You can get a bus if you charter one-- so lablady's point is well taken. BTW, the dictionary example found by the original poster ...
"take a bus to ..." vs "take the bus to..." - WordReference Forums
网页English - US. Feb 23, 2014. #3. I think we say "take the subway" because the system is all one. There are different trains, but there are connections between them. As to buses: As I think about it, I'd say that we almost always use "the". Often, there is only one bus line (with more than one vehicle, of course) that goes to a particular place.
Take the 15 to the ... / Take the bus number 15 ... - WordReference …
网页Mar 28, 2015. #20. I agree with Mahan. These constructions are common around here (S. Ontario). Hence, per the OP, "Take the 15" short for "Take the [number]15 Bus" is fine. I believe Andy's post #6 made the same point. Take the 1 to 14th Street, and then change across the platform for the 2 or the 3.
take the bus/train/plane vs take a taxi | WordReference Forums
网页Russian. Aug 1, 2011. #1. I read somewhere (in a dictionary probably) that when you're going somewhere by bus/train/plane you can say that you took the bus/train/plane to get there, with the definite article, however when people go somewhere by taxi they take a cab/taxi. Now if that is the case then my question is about the definite/indefinite ...
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网页2013年1月17日 — Chicago metro area. English-U.S. Jan 17, 2013. #2. "Take a bus" is a common--and correct--phrase. I take a bus to go to Beijing.
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网页2013年8月22日 — USA English. Nov 27, 2014. #13. cjhffm said: British English: to take the bus/train or to go by bus/train. US English: to ride a bus/train. Chris. I hate to validate the reopening of an well-answered old thread, but this one needs correcting. We do, indeed, "take the bus" or "go by bus" in AE as pointed out above.
Take the No. 5 bus from here. | WordReference Forums
网页2017年3月1日 — Every bus that is driving bus route 5 will have the number 5 visible on the front and back of the bus. So "take the number 5 bus" means stand at a the nearby bus stop that is one of the stops on route 5, and take a bus that is marked 5, because your destination is near one of the later stops on that route. Often several routes use the same bus ...
take/taking the bus to go/going home | WordReference Forums
网页2013年12月17日 — I'm gonna take the bus to go home (cogeré el bus para ir a casa) Gonna = going to. Utilizamos going to para hablar de planes, sean organizados o no. 3) NOTA: Lo más sencillo y común es decir "the train/metro/subway/ bus home" sin ninguna preposición y ningún verbo. I'm taking the bus home. (voy a casa con autobus).
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网页2022年8月8日 — The way school buses work in the U.S. is they only carry schoolchildren, and one bus is assigned to one neighborhood. There is never another bus. In my case, the bus had a number, 40, and I had a bus pass with the number 40 on it. I could only get on the bus with the number 40. That's the one that was assigned to my neighborhood.
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