Monday 29 November 2010

Loan Me a Lend

It's quite common to hear 'borrow' confused with 'lend', but I was surprised when this morning's Radio 4 News programme claimed that various countries had 'loaned' a vast sum to Ireland. Surely they are aware of the verb to lend.
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Anonymous said...

The standard of English used by BBC reporters and commentators is falling lamentably. It's all part of this country's flight from education. We will all pay the price.

9 December 2010 at 17:25

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