[General] natural expressions

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maoyueh

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Are the following sentences acceptable, natural or not natural? Thank you.

1. There are many advantages to taking/riding the bus.
2. There are many advantages in taking/riding the bus.
3. There are many advantages if you take/ride the bus.
 

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Are the following sentences acceptable, natural or not natural? Thank you.

1. There are many advantages to taking/riding the bus.
2. There are many advantages in taking/riding the bus.
3. There are many advantages if you take/ride the bus.


Each sentence is acceptable, and I would class them all natural. I say similar sentences myself.


"I'm currently riding the bus."

"I'm taking the bus to uni."

"I can take the bus to uni."


Doesn't make a difference if you say take/taking or ride/riding. However, it is more common to say 'take/taking'. But that does not mean the use is incorrect.
 

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I don't like "There are many advantages in taking/riding/getting the bus".

Generally, we talk about the advantages and disadvantages of​ something.
 

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I don't like "There are many advantages in taking/riding/getting the bus".

Generally, we talk about the advantages and disadvantages of​ something.

Thank you for your professional opinion. However, I have seen quite a few similar sentences in Corpus of Contemporary American English. For example, I quote " There are obvious advantages in trying to solve the matter ahead of time. "

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I don't like "There are many advantages in taking/riding/getting the bus".

Generally, we talk about the advantages and disadvantages of​ something.

Quite often I've heard of 'the advantages in' something.




Thank you for your professional opinion. However, I have seen quite a few similar sentences in Corpus of Contemporary American English. For example, I quote " There are obvious advantages in trying to solve the matter ahead of time. "

Regards,
maoyueh


I would say it comes down to preference in some cases.
 

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Where I live, advantages to is much more common than advantages of or in.
 
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