[Grammar] When I met her

[chingchangchong]

Hello, teachers.

I have a question.

I want to say "When I met her in trip.".

But I don't know "when I met her "in" trip"

Is it correct? in trip? on trip? from trip?

I don't know when we can use in on from

 

[MikeNewYork]

I met her "on" a trip is correct.

 

[Rover_KE]

[STRIKE]Hello, teachers.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.

[STRIKE]I have a question.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.

I want to say "When I met her in trip" I have deleted an unnecessary full stop (period).

[STRIKE]But I don't know "when I met her "in" trip"[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.

Is it correct? in trip? on trip? from trip?

I don't know when we can use 'in', 'on' and 'from'.

Rover

 

[Matthew Wai]

'When I met her on a trip/a ride/a journey/a voyage/a flight/an expedition/a pilgrimage.

Is it correct to use 'on' before all of them?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

The OP should note that the preposition is followed by "a​ trip". The article is important.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'When I met her on board.'
No article should be used here, correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

Correct.

I met her on a boat.
I met her on board.
I met her on board a boat.

 

[anhnha]

I met her on board a boat.

Is this a short form of "I met her on board of a boat"?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. It's an idiom equivalent to the preposition 'aboard'.

 

[emsr2d2]

"On board of" is incorrect English.

 

[anhnha]

No. It's an idiom equivalent to the preposition 'aboard'.

"On board of" is incorrect English.

Well, I am having a hard time understanding this.

1. I met her on board.
2. I met her on board a boat.

Is "on board" is an adverb in #1 and a preposition in #2?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Is "on board" is an adverb in #1 and a preposition in #2?

The Oxford dictionary marks it as an idiom rather than an adverb or a preposition, see http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/board_1 Scroll down to 'IDIOMS'.

Not a teacher.

 

[anhnha]

The Oxford dictionary marks it as an idiom rather than an adverb or a preposition, see http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/board_1 Scroll down to 'IDIOMS'.

Not a teacher.

I met her on board a boat.
I can't analyse the sentence. To me, the only way to make it easier to parse is to add the preposition "of", on board of a boat, but as emsr2d2 said it is incorrect.:-(

 

[emsr2d2]

As Rover said in post #10, "on board" is the equivalent of the preposition "aboard". We don't use "of" after "aboard" either. You wouldn't use "of" after the preposition "on", I'm sure. It follows the same pattern.

I'm on a boat.
I'm aboard a boat.
I'm on board a boat.

I'm on the plane.
I'm aboard the plane.
I'm on board the plane.