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There's very rarely an actual line to stand on ;) "In line," meanwhile, suggests a line of people, any member of which is, well, "in."
by nkozyra 6y ago
There's very rarely an actual line to stand on ;)
"In line," meanwhile, suggests a line of people, any member of which is, well, "in."
- IIAOPSW 6y agoThere is a line you stand on, it just isn't drawn explicitly in ink or paint.
- nkozyra 6y agoIf there's no line then you're simply in a sequence of points. But if we get pedantic we accept this will never satisfy the definition of a geometric line and the Brits were right all along to call them queues.
- OJFord 6y agoYep, I think so. ;) You're always 'in the' queue (or queuing) though, not 'on' it. So if you must call it a 'line' or a 'line-up', I sympathise most with 'in'.