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can anyone answer this riddle?
why is it that we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
2 Answers
- brookbabe90Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
good q. here are some more like that:
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment; but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?
all very good q's lol.
- 1 decade ago
You can see an expert's answer in the source. Basically a "park" is something that is set aside for a specific purpose. So a parkway is a road used specifically for cars, so you drive on it. A driveway is just the short little road you drive on to the house.
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