"Lend" or "borrow"
How to know if I should use lend or borrow ? I would like some help please.
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If I lend you a book, I am the owner of the book and I am letting you use it. You borrow the book from me.
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If you lend something, then you give it. Somebody else can lend you something.
If you borrow something, then you take it.
Compare these examples:
Could you lend me your pen?
Could I borrow your pen?
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Their usage is a bit different, but the concept is the same. The one with the object can lend it or let you borrow it. The one who wants the object can borrow it or have it lent to her.
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