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#206982 - 09/04/12 09:35 AM "by walk"
krish666 stranger Registered: 06/13/12 Posts: 1	Is it correct to say: "by walk"?
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#206985 - 09/04/12 12:39 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3268 Loc: R'lyeh	Is it correct to say: "by walk"? In what context? _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#206990 - 09/05/12 08:42 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: zmjezhd]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under	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 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass	if you walked, you came by walking..
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#206994 - 09/05/12 03:32 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5248 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	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]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3268 Loc: R'lyeh	... but you did come under way on foot by god's wounds ... _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#206997 - 09/05/12 07:05 PM Re: "by walk" [Re: krish666]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	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 old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1016 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Or, if in UK, Shank's Pony! _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#207001 - 09/06/12 07:03 AM Re: "by walk" [Re: Faldage]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under	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 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2888	We (Québec English) typically say, on foot instead of by foot.
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