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#11
Let me know, when you're ready for decision, so I can make a note to my personal English - German dictionary. Tongue
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#12
Wow! So many interesting replies! I think I'll go for a ride now!
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#13
I think it doesn't matter.

I know the term "drive" is more common in Britain; but it's just semantics - like, "windscreen" versus "windshield."
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#14
(03-15-2015, 10:53 AM)JustPassinThru_imp Wrote: I think it doesn't matter.

I know the term "drive" is more common in Britain; but it's just semantics - like, "windscreen" versus "windshield."

I think you might be right!!
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#15
I drive my car. My dog goes for a ride. I ride my motorcycle. My wife and I go for a drive in the car. My friends and I go for a ride on our motorcycles.
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#16
That great arbiter of British English, the BBC, would have you driving anything with 4 or more wheels and riding anything you straddle. See [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv72.shtml]here.

You may also want to be entertained by the number of times this question has been asked in the past. See [url=https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=ride%20vs%20drive]Google.
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#17
Another oddity around this is that I have often heard "drive" used in reference to airplanes. For me, it is "fly" or "pilot" but never "drive" an aircraft.
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#18
Well, we're called "riders", not "drivers", so based on that I go with "ride".

When someone uses the term "drive" for a motorcycle, at least around here, I know they are not a biker.
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#19
I drive in a car, but I ride on top of my bike. Ride denotes something special, anyone can drive, but very few ride.
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#20
Then would one ride or drive a Slingshot?!
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