Лететь НА / В самолёте?( UNCLASSIFIED)

[Riley, Maureen Ms CIV USA DLI-W]

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A good illustration of the use of "в" (as opposed to "на") with modes of transport:

В переполненном автобусе парень обращается к стоящей старушке:
- Бабуля, хочешь сесть на мое место?
- Спасибо, сынок, сяду, конечно, ножки-то у меня больные.
- Тогда не отходи от меня, через пять остановок я выхожу.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:35 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Лететь НА / В самолёте?

Hi all,

I checked google, and the useage seems to be 50-50 between В and НА:

Лететь в самолёте

versus

Лететь на самолёте.

Are they both right, and there's some difference I'm not understanding?
(Highly likely.)

Thanks!

Mark

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