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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

" Don't ride that bike. You are so young that you can't ride."

" Don't ride that bike. You are so young that you can't ride it."

Are those sentences correct? Please help.
  

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This one is the better of the two. " Don't ride that bike. " This one is more natural: " Don't ride that bike.

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  • This one is the better of the two.
  • " Don't ride that bike.
  • " This one is more natural: " Don't ride that bike.
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This one is the better of the two.
" Don't ride that bike. You are so young that you can't ride it."

This one is more natural:
" Don't ride that bike. You are too young to ride it."
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Thank you so much.
So "You're so young that you can't ride." is not correct grammatically?
And how about 'You are too young to ride.'? Is it also correct grammatically? I confuse the usage of "ride", the verb.
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Jane9412So "You're so young that you can't ride." is not correct grammatically?
It is OK, but not natural.
A native speaker would add the object to distinguish the transitive from the intransitive form.

You're so young that you can't ride (transitive) the horse but you can ride (intransitive) in the wagon.
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