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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

To ride / drive her car home

Can I say,

(a) One day, Susan was going shopping at a supermarket. Before shopping, she went to the carpark to ride her car home. Suddenly, she was shocked because she left her key inside the car.

(b) Last Sunday, Susan went to a shopping mall and bought the things she needed. She went to the car park to drive her car home. She found that she left her car key in the car.
  

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Hi I would definitely choose ' drive her car home ' over ' ride her car home '. You drive a car, truck, bus or train. She drives a red convertible.

— Dokterjokkebrok

  • Hi I would definitely choose ' drive her car home ' over ' ride her car home '.
  • You drive a car, truck, bus or train.
  • She drives a red convertible.
  • You ride a bicycle, motorcycle or horse.
  • My brother is learning to ride a bicycle.
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Hi

I would definitely choose 'drive her car home' over 'ride her car home'.

You drive a car, truck, bus or train.

She drives a red convertible.

You ride a bicycle, motorcycle or horse.

My brother is learning to ride a bicycle.

Regards
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Thanks. So other sentecs are correct?
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) One day, Susan was going shopping at a went to supermarket.

I changed it to "went to" because the shopping is completed when this happens, and it's repetitive to say "she went shopping at the supermarket." That is why one goes to the supermarket. Don't say what does not need to be said.
Vincent
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I believe that the order of events in (a) is not logicial. For (b), I would suggest: When she returned to her car in the parking lot, she discovered that she had left the key inside.
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