Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

Hello Chinada I speak British English (BE). I think the choice is determined by several factors: I'd say arrived in if I had arrived well within the city frontiers and arrived at if the city was one of several staging posts on my journey particularly if I was in a train or some form of public transport.

 

I have been writing "May all your wishes do come true" on birthday cards. However I recently realized correct sentence is "may all your wishes come true". Is "may all your wishes do come true" still true and okay to use? Thank you

 

I am afraid to fly that battered helicopter (I have the possibility and the knowledge to do it but the helicopter's very bad condition makes me fear doing it). This explanation suits the vaccine example (it's up to you to get vaccinated or not) as well.

 

Greetings! I recently watched a movie and there was a story narrated in it which goes like that: "... I remember once when I was your... and I was coming back from some place... a movie or something... and I was on the subway... and there was a girl sitting in front of me..." I know that the...

 

I'm not much of a boatie but here's my opinion Use "in" if it is the type of boat where you are enclosed or you are below deck for whatever reason.

 

Hi there conventionally do we say " take a flight " or " take a plane " ? Thank you very much.

 

I also might wonder why you are emphasizing "in a plane". Do you normally go by helicopter? Usually it is better to use the shorter form of an expression: "I flew to New York". There is no need to say "in a plane" or "by plane". Nobody will assume you are a bird or used another form of transportation such as a helicopter a spaceship or Air ...

 

"He arrived on the helicopter that came in an hour ago." In the context you provided gengo I admit it doesn't sound funny because it conjures up an image of a large military size helicopter that does regular runs from A to B. Addition of "that came in an hour ago" suggests to me that there is a helicopter schedule. If it were a small 2-seater ...

 

When you are in a helicopter you would be able to indicate where to go or how to fly because there are not so many people in that. I guess this would be a reason you feel "on the/a helicopter" sounds funny.