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15:24 Feb 13, 2005 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Linguistics / preferred usage | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 06:24 | ||||||
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4 +10 | Two opinions |
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4 | lend |
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4 | No distinction |
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loan versus lend (american english) Two opinions Explanation: The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage - loan: do not use 'loan' as a verb. Use 'lend' and, in the past tense, lent rather than loaned. The Careful Writer, Theodore Bernstein Lend, loan Dictionaries and most other authorities sanction 'loan' as a verb in American usage. Yet, probably because a British influence has been at work, most writers who observe the niceties seem to prefer 'lend', although some accpet 'loan' in financial contexts ("The bank loaned the corporation $3,000,000") and in art contexts ("Three of the paintings were loaned to the museum by Nelson Rockefeller"). If your ear is not offended by "Loan me your pen" or by "Friends, Romans, countrymen, loan me your ears," the authorities are right so far as you are concerned. The rest of us will continue to prefer 'lend' though we recognize that 'loan' has a basis in both history and usage. |
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