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#206982 - 09/04/12 09:35 AM "by walk"
krish666 Offline
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Is it correct to say: "by walk"?

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#206985 - 09/04/12 12:39 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
zmjezhd Offline
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Is it correct to say: "by walk"?

In what context?
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#206990 - 09/05/12 08:42 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: zmjezhd]
Candy Offline
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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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#206991 - 09/05/12 12:03 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: Candy]
tsuwm Offline
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if you walked, you came by walking..

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#206994 - 09/05/12 03:32 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Offline
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Sure, and if you came by walking you did not come by walk.

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#206995 - 09/05/12 03:39 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: BranShea]
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... but you did come under way on foot by god's wounds ...
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#206997 - 09/05/12 07:05 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
Faldage Offline
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Or "by foot" or by "shank's mare".

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#206998 - 09/06/12 05:24 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Faldage]
Rhubarb Commando Offline
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Or, if in UK, Shank's Pony!
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#207001 - 09/06/12 07:03 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Faldage]
Candy Offline
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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Or "by foot" .....


True. I'd forgotten that way.

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#207037 - 09/08/12 09:14 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: Candy]
belMarduk Offline
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We (Québec English) typically say, on foot instead of by foot.

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#207042 - 09/08/12 11:31 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
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Yeah. "On foot" might be more common, but if you were asked if you came by bus or by train you might, if you had walked, say "by foot."

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#207046 - 09/09/12 06:50 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Faldage]
Candy Offline
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If you see me walkin' down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by.

DIONNE WARWICK

(I just felt like singing....)

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#207065 - 09/09/12 05:28 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: Candy]
jenny jenny Offline
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Did Dionne travel by walk or by street? confused

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#207067 - 09/09/12 07:42 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: jenny jenny]
Tromboniator Offline
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Originally Posted By: jenny jenny
Did Dionne travel by walk or by street? confused

Mostly by fly and by ride, I'd guess, and I believe she still does.

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#207070 - 09/10/12 05:07 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Tromboniator]
jenny jenny Offline
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She can either come by highway
Or she can come by rail
But I got my head in my hands
Wondering what called her to fail

I DON"T KNOW - Traditional Folk Blues Song circa 1930

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#207080 - 09/10/12 04:52 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: jenny jenny]
BranShea Offline
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Originally Posted By: jenny jenny
Did Dionne travel by walk or by street? confused
Either way she was just walking ///in the rain. / / / /// smile

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#207112 - 09/13/12 06:01 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
Candy Offline
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I wonder if krish666 came by to see what was said?

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#207118 - 09/13/12 11:54 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Candy]
tsuwm Offline
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she probly was just passing by.

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#207391 - 09/27/12 09:47 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
Jackie Offline
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There are bystanders but I don't think you can bystand; therefore I'd say you can't bywalk, either.

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#207406 - 09/28/12 02:58 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Offline
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You can pass by but avoid a bypass.

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