[Grammar] "by foot" or "on foot"?

[Aamir Tariq]

1. He was going there by foot.
   
2. He was going there on foot.

Should we use by or on in this case?

Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[Tarheel]

It is "on foot" that is commonly used. Example:

He went to Charlotte on foot.

 

[GoesStation]

We go places by a vehicle: by bike, by car, by bus, by dogsled, etc., but on foot, on horseback. Oddly enough, I'd be inclined to say by camel, should the situation arise.

 

[Tdol]

On foot is the standard form, but you may see by foot used in some contexts. It is, for example, OK to describe a walking tour as Name-of-place by foot.