Sit on the wheelchair vs Sitting on the wheelchair

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Sit on the wheelchair' is used when referring to the action of sitting down on a wheelchair, while 'sitting on the wheelchair' is used when describing the ongoing action of being seated on a wheelchair.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 2360 views

Sit on the wheelchair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the action of sitting down on a wheelchair.

This phrase is used to describe the action of physically sitting down on a wheelchair.

Examples:

Please sit on the wheelchair so we can move you to the other room.
He found it difficult to sit on the wheelchair due to his injury.

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Could you do something for my brother who sits on the wheelchair?
You want me to baby-sit the wheelchair chick?
But I would really prefer not to sit in the wheelchair.
But vegetables don't sit in wheelchairs or get dressed.
Why don't you sit down in the wheelchair?
You are going to sit in that wheelchair until you are back on your feet.
And the child in the wheelchair obviously didn't sit well with him.
Maybe the wheelchair is an act.
Each wheelchair space shall be provided with a restraint system capable of restraining the wheelchair and the wheelchair user.
Let the folks with the wheelchairs through.
The wheelchair service is great but that suite I rented, there was another person in it.
This is for the wheelchair victim that has the machete in his head.
And if the batteries run down on the wheelchair...
Indication of the wheelchair accessible toilets and other amenities if provided
The wheelchair space may be part of the turning circle.
Indication of the wheelchair accessible door location outside the train
Indication of the wheelchair space inside the train
Which is why I started messing around with the wheelchair.
Here's Paul with the wheelchair.
The bald man that you were pushing in the wheelchair last night.

Alternatives:

Take a seat in the wheelchair
Get into the wheelchair

Sitting on the wheelchair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when describing the ongoing action of being seated on a wheelchair.

This phrase is used to describe the state of being seated on a wheelchair, indicating an ongoing action.

Examples:

She was sitting on the wheelchair waiting for her appointment.
The patient was comfortably sitting on the wheelchair.

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I'm not sitting in a wheelchair.
I expected to see you sitting in a wheelchair the way Hugh talked about you.
No, she is sitting proudly in a wheelchair.
Why were you sitting in a wheelchair?
Is that what I should tell my detective who's sitting in a wheelchair?
But just because Stephen Hawking, a famously disabled spastic, wrote his theories of black holes and the boundary condition of the universe while sitting in his wheelchair, it does not mean that you... (STRETCHES OUT WORDS) will be able to.
'Noirtier was sitting in a wheelchair where they put him from morning till evening in front of a mirror which allowed him to see the whole apartment... without attempting any movement: this was something that had become impossible for him.
You're already sitting in a wheelchair, how can you wear this kind of shoes?
Wait, she's sitting in a wheelchair?
Maybe the wheelchair is an act.
Luckily your mother was sitting on a stool.
Or those angels sitting on your shoulder.
Police sitting on all corners over these parts.
Patrol's sitting on Paul's apartment.
But really Chandling was sitting on something big.
People are sitting on wooden benches, sitting on the floor.
Sitting on a beach in Thailand... sitting on a beach almost anywhere.
Each wheelchair space shall be provided with a restraint system capable of restraining the wheelchair and the wheelchair user.
Let the folks with the wheelchairs through.
The wheelchair service is great but that suite I rented, there was another person in it.

Alternatives:

Being seated on the wheelchair
Remaining in the wheelchair

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