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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Ride bikes / ride on bikes

Hi teachers,

Which is the best answer

What do they usually do on Sundays?

a) They ride bikes.

b) They ride on bikes.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

" because "ride on" might be misinterpreted as " to continue to ride" and the sentence wouldn't make much sense. However, I think that both are correct.

— Oneandonly

  • " because "ride on" might be misinterpreted as " to continue to ride" and the sentence wouldn't make much sense.
  • However, I think that both are correct.
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I would choose "They ride bikes." because "ride on" might be misinterpreted as "to continue to ride" and the sentence wouldn't make much sense. However, I think that both are correct.
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I don't see 'ride on bikes' as meaning anything continuous at all. A is the native response; B is not.
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Thank you very much once again!
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