By Walk or By Walking on foot by foot

[ChibiM]

Hi All!!
This is my first post, after I searched the internet and couldnt find an answer.

Recently I`ve been corrected by an English friend who told me, my: `by walk` is not proper English.

I normally used to say: i came by walk (after they asked me how I got to that place.
Would it be better to say; I came by walking.

My friend told me On foot would be the best option. And `By Walk` is quite awkward.

he said, best option is `On Foot` second would be `By Foot`.

but how about By Walk? I thought I learned this from an American friend.
please help me out. Is it OK in AME to say By Walk/By Walking?

my first question here,
ChibiM

[Mister Micawber]

Hello, Chibi Maruko-chan– and welcome to English-test.Net.

Yes, 'on/by foot' is the natural English– 'I came here by/on foot'. 'By walk/walking' is definitely not native English, so I think that you misunderstood your American friend. However, you can certainly use the verb: 'I walked here'.
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[ChibiM]

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your response,
Funny you found out my name (just realized you`re from Yokohama)
I suppose you are British English? every heard about: came by walk..
or is that really 100% wrong?

Since I used to say this, I got so used to it, that it just sounds OK to me.

how about by walking? how did you go to school.. by walking.... still strange?

[Mister Micawber]

100% wrong, both of them. It's time to change your habit.

I went to school on/by foot.
I walked to school.
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[ChibiM]

Mister Micawber,
thanks a lot,
I already tried to change it to: By Walk, but just want to keep on re-confirming I`m wrong!

But are you British English?

any AME English here?

[Torsten]

Charles is Canadian-American. He is not British. The phrase 'by walk' is not English -- neither British nor American.

You can say 'by car', 'by bus', 'by train' but not 'by walk'.
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[ChibiM]

Hi Torsten,

thank you for your explanation.
I will try to change my habits..!!!

and if anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to post them,
thanks a lot Torsten and Mister Micawber!

ChibiM