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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

motor / motorcycle

Can i say,

(a) He is selling ice cream on his motor / motorcycle.

Are they same in meaning?
  

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" The motor is what powers the vehicle. It also sounds odd to say he is selling "on" the motorcylce. " But where does someone who sells ice cream keep the supplies while riding a motorcycle?

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  • " The motor is what powers the vehicle.
  • It also sounds odd to say he is selling "on" the motorcylce.
  • " But where does someone who sells ice cream keep the supplies while riding a motorcycle?
  • It's not an image that makes any sense to me.
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"on his motor" does not mean "on his motorcyle." The motor is what powers the vehicle.

It also sounds odd to say he is selling "on" the motorcylce. Perhaps "from." But where does someone who sells ice cream keep the supplies while riding a motorcycle? It's not an image that makes any sense to me.
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VT, it would be more logical to say something like this:
"He is selling ice cream from his motor home."
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Grammar Geek
"on his motor" does not mean "on his motorcyle." The motor is what powers the vehicle.

It also sounds odd to say he is selling "on" the motorcylce. Perhaps "from." But where does someone who sells ice cream keep the supplies while riding a motorcycle? It's not an image that makes any sense to me.

In my country, an ice cream vendor sells
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He sells ice cream from his motorcycle.
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