Monday, February 01, 2010

"Lend" is a verb; "loan" is a noun

That's what I was taught and that's what I believe.

So listen up, all of you: Stop using "loan" as a verb. Stop now.

And don't give me any guff about its being used as a verb at least since Henry VIII's "Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542." I'm not going to let facts get in my way here.

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