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#206982 09/04/12 01:35 PM
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Is it correct to say: "by walk"?

krish666 #206985 09/04/12 04:39 PM
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Is it correct to say: "by walk"?

In what context?


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
zmjezhd #206990 09/05/12 12:42 PM
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one can come ...by car, bike, bus, taxi, plane, horse
but not 'by walk'

by is used for vehicles only.

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if you walked, you came by walking..

tsuwm #206994 09/05/12 07:32 PM
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Sure, and if you came by walking you did not come by walk.

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... but you did come under way on foot by god's wounds ...


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Or "by foot" or by "shank's mare".

Faldage #206998 09/06/12 09:24 AM
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Or, if in UK, Shank's Pony!


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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Or "by foot" .....


True. I'd forgotten that way.

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We (Québec English) typically say, on foot instead of by foot.

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