Comments on: On the fly; On the go; Along the way http://www.englishtricks.com/2010/02/28/on-the-fly-on-the-go-along-the-way/ Aprende el inglés que se escucha en la calle Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hector http://www.englishtricks.com/2010/02/28/on-the-fly-on-the-go-along-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Hector Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:19:10 +0000 http://www.englishtricks.com/?p=437#comment-2010 Muchas gracias Anonyous! Ya lo he corregido ;) Muchas gracias Anonyous! Ya lo he corregido ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.englishtricks.com/2010/02/28/on-the-fly-on-the-go-along-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 Anonymous Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.englishtricks.com/?p=437#comment-1941 "On the fly" is not exactly the same as "on the go" or "along the way". "On th fly" means to do or make something without any planning beforehand at the moment that it is needed, "on the go" means to do something quickly while you are on your way to do something else, and "along the way" can refer to something that happened or something you did while you were on some kind of journey. The way that you used "On the fly" in your example is incorrect, because Peter is planning to write. You could use one of the other two expressions in its place. If someone hadn't prepared a presentation beforehand but only thought of what to say during the presentation, he would be making it up "on the fly." “On the fly” is not exactly the same as “on the go” or “along the way”. “On th fly” means to do or make something without any planning beforehand at the moment that it is needed, “on the go” means to do something quickly while you are on your way to do something else, and “along the way” can refer to something that happened or something you did while you were on some kind of journey.

The way that you used “On the fly” in your example is incorrect, because Peter is planning to write. You could use one of the other two expressions in its place.

If someone hadn’t prepared a presentation beforehand but only thought of what to say during the presentation, he would be making it up “on the fly.”

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