Question about English
Hi, everyone
Could you help me?
1) Do you say "I need to buy a kid's shirt" or "I need to buy a kids' shirt"? ..." I need to buy two kid's chairs" or "I need to buy two kids' chairs"? Finally: "This look likes a baby shirt" or "This looks like a baby's shirt"v
2) In a video, a man says "People who try to cram themselves into a train, public transport, an elevator as soon as the door opens, regardless of people who are already in there trying to get out."
... Why "cram into", "in there" and "get out"? Shouldn't they be "cram onto", "on there" and "get off"? Don't you get on/off a train, an elevator?
Please, I really need help!
Thank you very much!
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for the first one, "kids" is okay because it has become a kind of adjective instead of a possesive noun. "kid's" would be buying a shirt that is already owned by a specific kid.
for the second, we often use "on" to talk about trains, elevators and buses, when talking about the thing, but he uses "in" because his focus is on the space inside, more than the vehicle itself. ex. "i got on the elevator, but it was cramped in there"
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