I saw this sentence in a book and seems wrong to me.

Mori · Post by **Mori** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:35 pm

"Three people saw a man driving his motorcycle through the flower garden at City Hall."
Person to Person 1, Jack C. Richards, et al., Page 16
As far as I know we shouldn't use the verb "drive" for a motorcycle.
What do you think?

Vega · Post by **Vega** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:32 am

Why shouldn't?

How about then:

"Three people saw a man motorcycling through the flower garden at City Hall."

OR

"Three people saw a man motorcycling his motorcycle through the flower garden at City Hall."

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:33 pm

I 'm sure you're thinking about the verb to ride. I don't know why they used drive there, but you know how language is

I just googled it and it's not totally wrong... Look what I found.

How do you learn to drive a motorcycle.

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