Happy New Year! I'd like to know which one is more commonly used in the U.S. ---
Would you go somewhere "on foot" or "by foot"?
Thanks
I could easily say both in SW MO, but Google's Ngram Viewer is here for all their books in English not just US.
tracy@_@ said
Happy New Year! I'd like to know which one is more commonly used in the U.S. ---Would you go somewhere "on foot" or "by foot"
If someone took an airplane 300 miles, then walked the five miles from the airport, he arrived on foot, but he came by plane. If he walked most of the way, thumbing a few rides along the way, he came on foot.
Subject to change according to the phase of the moon, of course. Nobody's likely to jump down your throat and call you a liar for using the wrong phrase.
On foot.
I use them both, with no good reason for one over the other. I do the same with the pronunciation of either. Maybe it's what sounds better to me in the phonetic context.
Go on foot, going by foot, went on foot.