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#2 (permalink) Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:49 am This is the second time that I've flown on US Airways. |
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I think that this structure when talking about a specific airline would be used without 'on' most commonly. There's nothing incorrect about it as it stands though. "I've flown by..." might also be heard as a third alternative.
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#3 (permalink) Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:56 pm This is the second time that I've flown on US Airways. |
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In that particular sentence, I think the word 'on' would tend to be included (but the word 'that' would tend to be omitted), in everyday English in my neck of the woods.
The word 'on' tends to be omitted in more formal written English. Also, in advertising sentences such as "Fly US Airways", for example, the word 'on' would not be used.
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#4 (permalink) Tue Jul 27, 2010 13:59 pm This is the second time that I've flown on US Airways. |
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Thank you, B and Amy.
-------------------------------- http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/fly fly to travel in an aircraft or a spacecraft - Is this the first time that you've flown? - fly (from…) (to…) I'm flying to Hong Kong tomorrow. - + noun I always fly business class. We're flying KLM. --------------------------------

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