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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Will we bike or drive?

Is the sentence below correct?

Will we bike or drive?

Here are some context: I want to ask somebody if we go somewhere by a bicycle or a car.
  

Top answer

It's OK in an informal context.

  • It's OK in an informal context.
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It's OK in an informal context.
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If I would say:

1. Will we bike or drive a car?
2. Will we bike or drive by car?

Woult it be correct and natural, too in an informal language?
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AnonymousWoult it be correct and natural, too in an informal language?
No.

1. Will we bike or drive a car?
Two people cannot drive a car at the same time.
You can ask this: Should I bike or drive a car?

2. Will we bike or drive by car?
You cannot drive by car. To go by car implies that yo
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AlpheccaStars. To go by car implies that you are a passenger.
In British English it does not necessarily mean that. Shall we bike/cycle or go by car? and Shall we go by bike or car? would both be acceptable.
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousWoult it be correct and natural, too in an informal language?No.1. Will we bike or drive a car?Two people cannot drive a car at the same time.You can ask this: Should I bike or drive a car?2. Will we bike or drive by car?You cannot drive by car. To go by car implies that you are a passenger.
But the sentence "Will we bike or drive?"
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AnonymousBut the sentence "Will we bike or drive?" is correct? In your opinion?
No. This is OK.
Will we bike or go by car? (This is OK. "We can go by car " implies that one will drive and the others will be passengers.)
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AnonymousWill we bike or drive?
I want to ask somebody if we go are going somewhere by a bicycle or a car.
In my opinion the sentence is OK by itself with 'will', but in the context you describe it may be more idiomatic to use

Are we going to bike or drive?

Others have already mentioned several other ways you can say it.

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