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PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Rent Him A Room

"His father rented him a room."

Does it mean (a) the father paid the rent on a room so the son could live in it, or (b) the father accepted rent money from the son and the son got to live in the room?
  

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" Does it mean (a) the father paid the rent on a room so the son could live in it, or (b) the father accepted rent money from the son and the son got to live in a room his father (owns)(manages) ? It can mean either one.

— Canadian45

  • " Does it mean (a) the father paid the rent on a room so the son could live in it, or (b) the father accepted rent money from the son and the son got to live in a room his father (owns)(manages) ?
  • It can mean either one.
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PamQueue"His father rented him a room." Does it mean (a) the father paid the rent on a room so the son could live in it, or (b) the father accepted rent money from the son and the son got to live in a room his father (owns)(manages)?
It can mean either one.
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To rent sb a room is a poorly written phrase....
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To rent sb a room is a poorly written phrase.. Well the meaning is ambiguous.

The following have clearer meanings.

'rent (a)(the) room for somebody'.
'rent (a)(the) room to somebody'
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