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My name is Alisha and in this lesson we're going to talk about the verb land. Let's get started. Let's start with the basic definition of the verb land.
The basic definition is to arrive on the ground after traveling by air or by sea. Some examples: Our airplane landed safely. The boat will likely land in Chile.
Now let's look at the conjugations for this verb. Present: land, lands; past: landed; past participle: landed; progressive: landing.
Okay, now let's talk about some additional meanings for this verb. The first additional meaning is to arrive on a website or web page.
Some examples: I clicked the link and landed on a strange website. He keeps landing on error pages. So this use of the verb land is specific to the Internet.
So when we arrive on a web page or on a website, we can use the verb land. It's like we arrive at that place, we reach that place on the internet.
So in the first example sentence, it's I clicked on a link and landed on a strange web page or a strange website.
Here we see the past tense use of the verb, I landed, past tense, on a strange website. I arrived at a strange website.
In the second example sentence he keeps landing on error pages means he keeps arriving on error pages or he keeps arriving at error pages.
