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What do YOU think?? - CBAnonymous_imp - 03-14-2015
Do you "drive" a motorcycle, or "ride" a motorcycle? I say you "ride" a motorcycle, and you "drive" a car!
RE: What do YOU think?? - davedep_imp - 03-14-2015
(03-14-2015, 05:08 PM)CBAnonymous_imp Wrote: Do you "drive" a motorcycle, or "ride" a motorcycle? I say you "ride" a motorcycle, and you "drive" a car!Do you "drive" a horse, or "ride" a horse. I guess one you're on, and the other, you're in.
RE: What do YOU think?? - Wisedrum - 03-14-2015
" Der Reitwagen" , a translation might be "Ride Car", was one, or the
first so called motorcycle. Therefore "to ride" may fit.
Motorbikes have some HorsePower. Another reason for "to ride".
But nevertheless, as long as you move your motorcycle, I'll
not worry about the right word for this process.
Wisedrum
RE: What do YOU think?? - emptysea - 03-14-2015
I think the horse comparison is useful here, but not entirely for the reason stated. You "drive" a horse when you are controlling it from a carriage or coach or other conveyance to which it is harnessed. You "ride" a horse when you sit atop it. However, in rare circumstances, such as when the driver of the stagecoach is shot and the Lone Ranger needs to bring the runaway rig safely to a stop in order to save the pretty women riding inside, a person may manage to get atop the horse that is pulling the coach. I would argue that since the horse is still harnessed to the coach, the person is "driving" the rig. So, in merciful conclusion, I contend that you ride a motorcycle unless you are pulling a trailer in which case you are driving it.
RE: What do YOU think?? - ChipBeck_imp - 03-14-2015
Gentlemen,
IF.....you are controlling a vehicle or an animal that you are sitting on you ride. If you sit in a vehicle you control you drive. If you sit in a vehicle someone else is controlling you ride. If you sit on the back of a motorcycle someone else is controlling, you don't ride, you are a passenger. What could be easier??? Teaching English to foreigners must be hair pulling difficult.
Chip
RE: What do YOU think?? - Lord Popgun - 03-14-2015
Heck Chip, teaching English to Americans is a hair pulling event. Or at least learning it is!
RE: What do YOU think?? - EGAlvarez_imp - 03-14-2015
Technically, neither...to me, riding implies that you are an out of control passenger enjoying the view or ride. Driving refers to cars. In most of the non-English speaking world and in road racing, you PILOT the machine.
RE: What do YOU think?? - ride4now_imp - 03-14-2015
(03-14-2015, 09:20 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Heck Chip, teaching English to Americans is a hair pulling event. Or at least learning it is!
+1 Popgun!!!
RE: What do YOU think?? - redbirds_imp - 03-14-2015
(03-14-2015, 11:23 PM)ride4now_imp Wrote:(03-14-2015, 09:20 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Heck Chip, teaching English to Americans is a hair pulling event. Or at least learning it is!
+1 Popgun!!!
+1 Popgun!!!
Like, ya know, fer sure! (Spoken in an ascending monotone.)
RE: What do YOU think?? - ride4now_imp - 03-14-2015
i like the analogy that you ride ON a horse or bike and when you sit IN a car/truck/boat (at the controls), you drive it. But I also like the comment that a passenger, sitting IN the car, is riding. Clearly he/she isn't driving....even though they're INside the vehicle. As for piloting a car or motorcycle? I guess that would be technically correct, but I tend to think of 'Pilots' as flying a plane or Piloting a ship. English IS a tough one...no doubt!