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Modesty wrote:

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Veelicious wrote:

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which also lists it as a verb.

Yup, they sure do, but not as a replacement of lend.


Merriam-Webster, however says:

usage The verb loan is one of the words English settlers brought to America and continued to use after it had died out in Britain. Its use was soon noticed by British visitors and somewhat later by the New England literati, who considered it a bit provincial. It was flatly declared wrong in 1870 by a popular commentator, who based his objection on etymology. A later scholar showed that the commentator was ignorant of Old English and thus unsound in his objection, but by then it was too late, as the condemnation had been picked up by many other commentators. Although a surprising number of critics still voice objections, loan is entirely standard as a verb.

I will still hunt you down if you use loan as a verb. And so would my English teacher (RIP).

Modesty wrote:

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I never realized realised I was such a boor. Modesty, will you loan lend me that dictionary?

y.w.

GregBuisIsADick wrote:

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SurvivorArctic wrote:

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Why is it that people can't tell the difference between language evolution and incorrect grammar?

Why can't you shut the fuck up? If you had a brain under your bone dome instead of a steaming pile of shit, you would understand that language evolution often involves the kind of "incorrect" usage that drives dried up spinster grammar Nazis like Zeep crazy. Now never express an opinion in my presence again.