[General] natural expressions

[maoyueh]

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.

 

[HanibalII]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

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

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

 

[maoyueh]

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. "

Regards,
maoyueh

 

[HanibalII]

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.

 

[probus]

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