Alex Jong
"airplane" "aeroplane" "plane" "aircraft". Are they different?
24 апр. 2017 г., 16:04
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aircraft = any machine capable of flight, including airplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, blimps and dirigibles - The aviation museum has examples of almost ever kind of aircraft ever used. Airplane = aircraft with wings. Commonly used in everyday speech. - Most airplanes have one set of two wings. Biplanes have two sets of wings, and triplanes haves three sets. - A 747 is a really big airplane. Aeroplane = airplane in British English - My spell-checker is set for American English, and so "aeroplane" is always marked as misspelled. Plane = short for airplane. Even more commonly used than "airplane." - I like to go to the airport to watch the planes land and take off. - (while leaving the airport) Oh, no! I think I left my sweater on the plane. - I got a good price on my plane ticket.
24 апреля 2017 г.
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I agree with Evelyn and Jerry's definitions. Plane, airplane and aeroplane refer to the same object. But whilst all planes are aircraft, not all aircraft are planes. And just a small add-on from a British English perspective: The short form "plane" is by no means just an American usage. Because our version of the American word "airplane" still has three rather than two syllables - "aeroplane" as opposed to the simplified "airplane" - we are even more likely to say "plane" in everyday usage.
25 апреля 2017 г.
They're synonyms but we haven't used the spelling 'aeroplane' in the US since the 1920s or so.
24 апреля 2017 г.
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