>>I'd also think so, but then how do you explain "bus ride"?
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>Bus ride. Motorcyle ride. Automobile drive. Bike ride.
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>Hmmm... interesting. I would say that "drive" is if you are operating a vehicle, and ride is for everything else?
Ride is for everything you're not controlling. You can have a ride in someone's car, but if someone asked to borrow your sickle you'd say "can you ride a bike?" (Sure, everyone can ride pillion)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
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