The train is full of people. vs There are a lot of people on/in the train.

[Vtornik]

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`. Gal.

[Maryann]

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Vtornik wrote:

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`. Gal.

Hi, Vtornik! :) I'll make a try to help you, though I see there's nothing to help you with, because the sentenses written above are all of a correct word order :)

Vtornik wrote:

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`.

As to the train where peopele are... I think it shoud be a preposition IN, because if it was ON - all those passanges should have traveled on the top of the train :) There is an extra variant like "INSIDE THE TRAIN" - for to be sure.
P.S. You didn't pointed out your location... so, do you know that your nick sounds like Russian day of the week? :?: :roll:

Maryann

[Milanya]

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`.
ON a train, bus, plain, boat, bicycle
IN a car, truck

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

b. `People speak more than 400 different languages all over the world.`There are about 6,800 languages currently spoken in the world.
c. `This is the museum where I have never been`. correct
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[Maryann]

Hi, Milanya. I admit my mistake as to the prepostion use in the sentence above. But if you were more attentive, reading the author's post, you'd notice that he hadn't ask for any corrections, but the correct word order of the sentences. By the way, a word HOME can be used with or without a preposition AT, but that isn't mentioned in the link you gave. Here is another link including full information as to the preposition use:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm

You seem to be quite specific but not that much...

Anyway, thanx, your post made me use my wits :)

Maryann

[Milanya]

[Maryann]

I mean, Milanya, that you seem to be quite precise as to details but didn't notice that the information in the link you had posted wasn't complete. It's all about that "at" before "home". That's it.

Bye,

Maryann

[Anna.ha]

Agree with Milanya on the prepositions.

[Vtornik]

Milanya,
I agree with your answer.Everything is OK.
Enormous `thanks` to all who gave me a helping hand. :D

[Vtornik]

I am from Bulgaria. :)

[Maryann]

Really? And Vtornik is your real name or just a nick you chose for yourself on this forum? I'm really curious about it

Maryann :)

[SkiIucK]

Vtornik = Tuesday.

:D