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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Ride a car?
Hi. Please tell me if the phrase "ride a car" as in the example sentence below means a person is riding a car as a passenger or is actually a driver. Or could it mean both and we have to look at context to determine which it means?
He rides a car to work every day.
I think if the sentence is "He rides his car to work every day," then the meaning is that he is the driver and this drives his car to work every day.
He rides a car to work every day.
I think if the sentence is "He rides his car to work every day," then the meaning is that he is the driver and this drives his car to work every day.
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You need to say 'He rides in a car to work every day'. This is not natural English. More natural would be eg He goes to work by car every day'.
- You need to say 'He rides in a car to work every day'.
- This is not natural English.
- More natural would be eg He goes to work by car every day'.
- These words do not make it clear if he drives or not.
- But if he drives, it would be more natural to use the verb ' drive ' Clive
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You need to say 'He rides in a car to work every day'. This is not natural English. More natural would be eg He goes to work by car every day'.
These words do not make it clear if he drives or not.
But if he drives, it would be more natural to use the verb 'drive'
These words do not make it clear if he drives or not.
But if he drives, it would be more natural to use the verb 'drive'
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AnonymousHe rides his carNo. You don't "ride a car". Either you "drive a car" or you "ride in a car" (because the driver takes you with him or her).
This is how you say it:
He drives to work every day.
Alternately, if he is not the driver:
He [rides / gets a ride] to work with Jack every day. (Jack is the d
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