A guy was using the treadmill in the gym and I waited for him to stop using it so that I can use it.

[tufguy]

Do we say "someone comes down of a treadmill" or " someone stops using a treadmill"? For example:

1) A guy was using the treadmill in the gym and I waited for him to stop using it so that I can use it.
2) A guy was using the treadmill in the gym and I waited for him to come down of it so that I can use it.

 

[probus]

@tufguy

1. Are you confusing of with off?

2, Someone might conceivably use "come down off a treadmill" although that wouldn't be quite natural. A native speaker would probably say just "get off' rather than "come down off".

 

[Tarheel]

I would just say I waited until the other guy was finished. Why complicate things?

 

[5jj]

... the other guy got off is hardly more complicated than ... the other guy was finished.

 

[Tarheel]

You are entitled to your opinion.

 

[emsr2d2]

Do we say "someone comes down off a treadmill" or "someone stops using a treadmill"? For example:

1) A guy was using the treadmill in the gym and I waited for him to stop using it so that I can could use it.
2) A guy was using the treadmill in the gym and I waited for him to come down off it so that I can could use it.

Sentence 1 is OK.
Sentence 2 is unnatural. We don't say "come down off a treadmill".

I'd say "I waited for him to get off [it] so that ...".

 

[TwelveMileCircle]

A side-issue: when describing a past event you would say ".... so that I could use it."

 

[emsr2d2]

A side-issue: when describing a past event you would say ".... so that I could use it."

I made that correction in the quote box in post #6. Make sure you read all other responses before writing your own - it keeps threads as short as possible. Thanks!

 

[TwelveMileCircle]

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