Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

Can you tell me what situation you have in mind. Do you want to meet somebody there? Do you want to tell them that it is noisy for example where you are and then you want to explain that you are in the subway( while talking on the phone) Do you want to let somebody know that you are on your way home?

 

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

 

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.

 

The first time was in the past. It happened. So up to now it has happened twice: past events coming up to the present.

 

I have a doubt related to the verb "there be". What would be the right way to use this verb in questions in the future modality? Will be there a party at the park tomorrow? Will there be a party at the park tomorrow?

 

Barque I take your first point but I'm afraid the second point is not really relevant. The logic for using "on" and "onto' is instead the fact that we can walk while we are inside/on a bus train plane ship etc. but not inside a car/taxi. That's why we use ' on ' for an aeroplane but ' in ' for a helicopter I think.

 

Sir and madam. Would someone tell me what is the different between them? Here is an example It was not long before a helicopter arrived 'on/at' the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. My sentence is quote from 'New Concept English - Book 2' by WONG Nam and published by Longman in...

 

"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 ...

 

One does not drive helicopters. One flies or pilots aircraft including helicopters which can include hovering.

 

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.