Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  I gather Apollo 13 was on its way to the moon, but
 AH>  never actually arrived on the moon....

 AK>  If an American can say that he is on a train, surely
 AK>  he can say he is/was on the Moon. ;)


           Yes.

           I'm reminded here of my own experience with prepositions when I was
attempting to learn French & German... [wry grin].




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