Preposition by in on

Originally Posted by NickJunior
Hello All,

I'm undecided as to which preposition to use in this context. Please offer your suggestion. Which sentence below is correct?

1) I will go on the bus to the farm.

2) I will go in the bus to the farm.

3) I will go by (the?) bus to the farm.

If any of the above does not sound like natural English sentence, please offer your version.



Thanks

I'd say "by bus" since you are trying to say what mode of transportation you're going to use to get to the farm.

If you use the first two sentences, it would look like as if you are saying you are going to go through the bus by either passing "on" it or passing "in" it to get to the farm.

If you want to put the words "on the bus" in your sentence I think it would look and sound better if you say it as:

"I will be riding on the bus to get to the farm."

"I'm on the bus to the farm."

You cannot use the words "in the bus" because of some prepositional rulings unless you use those words with a different thought in a sentence.