Why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?

Answer 1

the same reason that drinking and driving is illegal but we sell alcohol at gas stations.

Answer 2

Because the word 'park' is used in two different meanings: in drive on parkways, park is a noun and in park on driveways, park is used in the (transitive) verb form 'to park'.

Answer 3

Same reason we use artificial lemons in lemon juice and real lemons in dish detergent.
And that cat food doesn't come in flavors like mouse and bird.
And you know that black box on airplanes that is absolutely indestructable. Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
Oh and why do they sterilize the needle for a lethal injection?

Answer 4

For that matter, why do we dust when we mean that we remove the dust? Why does the word "oversight" mean to examine something closely (there's an oversight commission to review that") and to miss something ("I'm sorry, that was an oversight")? Why does the word "cleave" mean both to separate and to attach, as in "cleave that log in half" and "a husband shall cleave unto his wife"?

Answer 5

When we go to football games, why do we sit in the stands?

(the actual reason dates back to England when the spectators were required to stand thoughout the contest, but it is still funny to me)

Look at the words:

see and look

To oversee something is the opposite of overlooking something.

To look over something is the opposite of overlooking something

Answer 6

There are a few of these I really love!!
Completely surrounded
Totally submerged
and the best
Military Intelligent!
Sorry I didn't answer your ?
But did ya really want one?

Answer 7

Cause the English language is crazy!