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Frogfish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Lend and Borrow

What is the difference between lend and borrow?

And ,which sentence is correct from the following?

Can you lend me a ruler ,please?

Or

Can you borrow me a ruler,please?

thank you so much,

gugu
  

Top answer

They are related just like give and take. You lend someone a ruler and they borrow it from you.

  • They are related just like give and take.
  • You lend someone a ruler and they borrow it from you.
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They are related just like give and take.

You lend someone a ruler and they borrow it from you.
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I never thought about the similarity between lend-borrow and give-take, I think it will help me to remind them, thank you!
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Thanks for asking a question regarding "Lend" and "Borrow"

First of all you should now the difference between lend and borrow is the following.

"Lend" means to give something and "borrow" means to take something.

For example:

Could you give me ruler, please? / Could you
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We use borrow to say that we take something temporarily with the intention of returning it.

And

We use lend to say that we give something temporarily with the intention of returning it.

Bye

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