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Originally Posted by casannova03
Technically speaking, you do not say "I'm sitting on the plane"....because its vague and ambiguious... and in the English language, there is a problem with the "before" and "after" rule here... the word "sitting" is a specific (adjective) action word that requires a preposition and a nuon (place/where) {i.e sitting +(preposition)+ (where)} So "sitting on the plane or sitting in the plane" are very strictly, grammatically incorrect.
You can say (with the word sitting)" I'm sitting on the plane's seat" ; "I'm sitting on the seat of the plane" ; "I'm sitting on the seat beside the aisle" ; "I'm sitting in the last row of seats" ; "I'm sitting in row 12 of the plane".....etc. etc.
or
(without the word sitting) "I'm in the plane now" ; "I'm on the plane now"
hope you get what i mean ....  |
It's 'ambiguous' by the way.
Grammatically right or not, it's not vague and ambiguous like you said. I get what you trying to get at, but saying, "sitting on [any vehicle]", to any English native speaker and they will understand you perfectly.