I ride the tractor vs I ride a tractor

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I ride the tractor' implies a specific tractor that the speaker is referring to, while 'I ride a tractor' is a more general statement about riding any tractor.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 993 views

I ride the tractor

This phrase is correct and can be used when referring to a specific tractor that the speaker has in mind.

This phrase is used when the speaker is talking about a particular tractor that is known to both the speaker and the listener.

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I hitched a ride with a tractor salesman and a gorgeous collie dog.
We're about to go for a tractor ride.
A tractor ride?/ So pretty.
Daddy, I ride the bus to public school.
I ride the way I always have.
To comply with the requirements of point 1.2.3, the modification shall lock any tractor ride suspension system so as to ensure that it does not absorb any of the test energy.
You don't recognize me because we always have our eyes closed, but I ride the bus with you.
I break out in a rash every time I ride the bus.
It levitates my desk, where I ride the saddle of the world.
Then I ride the bus and I just hope somebody sees my noodle and my wontons.
No, I don't. I don't sit, but I ride the subway.
The tractor division should show an increase in earnings.
Okay, I got the tractor.
I need your help with the tractor today.
Then he shuts off the tractor beam, releasing the Jews from captivity.
Billy had to replace the DVD the tractor ads.
The tractor mixes them uplike a lotto machine.
Had him taken to the tractor shed.
We used a phase-conjugate graviton emitter in the tractor beam.
So we put four inches of armour all over the tractor.

Alternatives:

I ride the red tractor in the field.
I ride the tractor that belongs to my neighbor.

I ride a tractor

This phrase is also correct and is used in a more general sense to talk about riding any tractor.

This phrase is used when the speaker is talking about riding any tractor in general, without specifying a particular one.

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I hitched a ride with a tractor salesman and a gorgeous collie dog.
We're about to go for a tractor ride.
A tractor ride?/ So pretty.
I ride a Mercedes, you pick your nostril.
To comply with the requirements of point 1.2.3, the modification shall lock any tractor ride suspension system so as to ensure that it does not absorb any of the test energy.
I'm just, like, hanging around. I ride a motorcycle.
Holbrook was brought up to IA, but... until this is sorted, I ride a desk.
You don't get to tell me when I ride a horse and when I don't.
I ride a bike because I'm environmentally aware.
Mr President, I ride a bicycle - that is enough for me!
You don't get to tell me when I ride a horse and when I don't.
You many have to commit me twice, Spencer, because not only did I ride a mule on a tiny trail with a 1,000-foot vertical drop,
The archive activated a tractor beam.
I noticed someone still rides a motorcycle.
Mark, there's a tractor.
You fell asleep, and you snored like a tractor.
Can't do this in a tractor.
My unicorn got run over by a tractor.
But he came to on the roof of a tractor-trailer.
Kazon vessel has engaged a tractor beam.

Alternatives:

I ride a tractor to work every day.
I ride a tractor during the weekends.

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I ride the tractor vs I ride a tractor