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JKBelieve Posted 19 years ago
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'Riding' the airplane?

0I was looking through a pamphlet recently when I found this phrase...02br
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00'Riding the airplane and taking the train are both ways to travel, but they have differences'02br
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00I thought 'ride' was only used to describe moving on a horse or bicycle....is it possible to use it for airplanes?02br
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00If so, then how about cars and trains?0-
  

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0 We can definitely ride the train. We sometimes go for a ride 01u 00in02u 00 a car, but I'm not sure I would ever say "I rode my car", unless I were surfing on top of it. Riding an airplane sounds kind of strange to me; I would say take or travel by.

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  • 0 We can definitely ride the train.
  • We sometimes go for a ride 01u 00in02u 00 a car, but I'm not sure I would ever say "I rode my car", unless I were surfing on top of it.
  • Riding an airplane sounds kind of strange to me; I would say take or travel by.
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0 We can definitely ride the train. We sometimes go for a ride 01u00in02u00 a car, but I'm not sure I would ever say "I rode my car", unless I were surfing on top of it. Riding an airplane sounds kind of strange to me; I would say take or travel by. 0-
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01cite10JKBelieve12cite10I was looking through a pamphlet recently when I found this phrase...12br
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10'Riding the airplane and taking the train are both ways to travel, but they have differences'12br
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0 01b00I02b00'd say01i00 I'm riding my plane02i00 only if I were the pilot (and of a small one to boot), but it seems to be a wider usage than that: 02br
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