In English, using "by" + form of transportation is the way to say it. So, no definite (or indefinite) article is needed.
✓"By bus"
✗"By the bus"
✓"By bike"
✗ "By the bike"
✓"By bus"
✗"By the bus"
✓"By bike"
✗ "By the bike"
PARAMOUNT = supreme in rank
TANTAMOUNT = equal
The hospital’s *paramount* doctor 😷🏥 declared that smoking 🚬 is *tantamount* to death. 💀
My teacher 👵💬 said talking is *tantamount* to cheating, so silence 🙊 is *paramount*.
TANTAMOUNT = equal
The hospital’s *paramount* doctor 😷🏥 declared that smoking 🚬 is *tantamount* to death. 💀
My teacher 👵💬 said talking is *tantamount* to cheating, so silence 🙊 is *paramount*.
The past tense is sometimes used in English to refer to an 'unreal' situation. So, although the tense is the past, we are usually talking about the present.
(I'd rather and It's time)
These expressions are also followed by an unreal past. The verb is in the past tense, but the situation is in the present. When we want to talk about a course of action we would prefer someone else to take, we use I'd rather [someone else] + past tense:
[1] I'd rather you went.
[2] He'd rather you called the police.
[3] I'd rather you didn't hunt elephants.
NOTE: stress can be important in these sentences, to show what our preference is:
I'd rather you went = not me.
I'd rather you went = don't stay.
He'd rather you called the police = he doesn't want to.
He'd rather you called the police = not the ambulance service.
Similarly, when we want to say that now is a suitable moment to do something, either for ourselves or for someone else, we use it's time + past tense:
[1] It's (high) time I went.
[2] It's time you paid that bill.
[3] Don't you think it's time you had a haircut?
(I'd rather and It's time)
These expressions are also followed by an unreal past. The verb is in the past tense, but the situation is in the present. When we want to talk about a course of action we would prefer someone else to take, we use I'd rather [someone else] + past tense:
[1] I'd rather you went.
[2] He'd rather you called the police.
[3] I'd rather you didn't hunt elephants.
NOTE: stress can be important in these sentences, to show what our preference is:
I'd rather you went = not me.
I'd rather you went = don't stay.
He'd rather you called the police = he doesn't want to.
He'd rather you called the police = not the ambulance service.
Similarly, when we want to say that now is a suitable moment to do something, either for ourselves or for someone else, we use it's time + past tense:
[1] It's (high) time I went.
[2] It's time you paid that bill.
[3] Don't you think it's time you had a haircut?
This is the house where I was born.→ ✔️
This is the house in which I was born.→ ✔️
This is the house which I was born in.→ ✔️
This is the house that I was born in.→ ✔️
This is the house I was born in.→ ✔️
This is the house in which I was born.→ ✔️
This is the house which I was born in.→ ✔️
This is the house that I was born in.→ ✔️
This is the house I was born in.→ ✔️
12 = “twelve,” but it’s *TWELFTH*, not “twelveth.”
9 = “nine,” but it’s *NINTH*, not “nineth.”
4 = “four,” but it’s *FORTY*, not “fourty.”
9 = “nine,” but it’s *NINTH*, not “nineth.”
4 = “four,” but it’s *FORTY*, not “fourty.”
WIDOW = woman 👩 whose spouse has died
WIDOWER = man 👨 whose spouse has died
DOWAGER = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse
WIDOWER = man 👨 whose spouse has died
DOWAGER = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse