Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"Scientists and tourists from the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being shuttled away to safety. Though the plan had initially been to take them on board the Xue Long first and then transfer them by barge to another icebreaker, the Aurora Australis, they are now set to be dropped off on an ice floe nearer that ship." [From The Independent.]
I wonder whether the omission of the preposition "of" in the phrase "on board the Xue Long" is a sort of shortened form of the "on board of the Xu Long" and whether such a leaving-out of the preposition is acceptable.
Thank you.
"Scientists and tourists from the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being shuttled away to safety. Though the plan had initially been to take them on board the Xue Long first and then transfer them by barge to another icebreaker, the Aurora Australis, they are now set to be dropped off on an ice floe nearer that ship." [From The Independent.]
I wonder whether the omission of the preposition "of" in the phrase "on board the Xue Long" is a sort of shortened form of the "on board of the Xu Long" and whether such a leaving-out of the preposition is acceptable.
Thank you.
Top answer
"Take on board" is a idiomatic phrase meaning to transfer goods or persons onto a ship. eg: We will take food, water and other supplies on board our yacht at the next port.
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"Take on board" is a idiomatic phrase meaning to transfer goods or persons onto a ship.
eg:
We will take food, water and other supplies on board our yacht at the next port.
eg:
We will take food, water and other supplies on board our yacht at the next port.
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