Re: Renting Books

From: bernard gerdelman <attorney[_at_]i1.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:57:18 -0600

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
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> "Loan" is not a verb; use "lend".

Oh, please! Someone alert John E. Warriner.

I realize that Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language is very "low church" but it does reflect "loan" as both a transitive and intransitive verb.

Bernard Gerdelman
Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C.
165 N. Meramec, Ste. 600
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(314)727-2266 (voice)
(314)727-2101 (fax)
attorney[_at_]i1.net Received on Fri Nov 27 1998 - 17:06:30 GMT

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