Did you lend out all your books? vs Did you lend all your books?
My question is for phrasal verb. I'mnot a English native speaker, so I can't see why it should be written "out" in the sentences because I think "lend" is just enough to make sence in the sentence without "out" . I'd like to know how it works. Q1. Would you please show about it easily?
Q2. Is #2 grammatical? or not?
#1- Did you lend out all your books? #2- Did you lend all your books?
This type of expressions that makes me feel like that.
#A- He rents out his house at the beach. #B- He rents his house at the beach.
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These have the same meaning. #1- Did you lend out all your books? #2- Did you lend all your books?
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These have the same meaning.
#1- Did you lend out all your books?
#2- Did you lend all your books?
These do not have the same meaning.
#A- He rents out his house at the beach.
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These have the same meaning. #1- Did you lend out all your books? #2- Did you lend all your books?
These do not have the same meaning. #A- He rents out his house at the beach. He owns the house and other people rent it. He does not live in it. #B- He rents his house at the beach. Ambiguous. The house mig