From the Amer. Herit. Dict. of the Eng. Lang. 4th Ed. (Sorry that copy&paste strips out the highlighting):Usage Note: The verb loan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect. The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originated from a provincial deference to British critics, who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism. Loan is, however, used to describe only physical transactions, as of money or goods; for figurative transactions, lend is correct: Distance lends enchantment. The allusions lend the work a classical tone.
Websters, Dictionary.com and Funk and Wagnalls all list loan as both noun and verb. Some writers will say “Loan” is USUALLY a noun, “Lend” is ALWAYS a verb. Just to be clear…
It’s also a verb: verb loan 3rd person present loans past tense loaned past participle loaned gerund or present participle loaninglend (a sum of money or item of property).lend advance give credit credit allow give on loan give someone the loan of let someone have the use of let out lease charter hire sub borrow ask for the loan of receive/take on loan use temporarily
Now, if only she could cure the world of pronouncing the SILENT “T” in the word “OFtEN”. Think about it, we don’t pronounce listen as “LIST TEN”, do we? Or is that too nagging for you as well? (But nagging is built in to her character.)
GirlGeek Premium Member about 5 years ago
She’s being a bit too nagging for me
SactoSylvia about 5 years ago
Didn’t the loan/lend difference come up in the comments recently… leading Robb to say he’d use that distinction in a future strip?
pschearer Premium Member about 5 years ago
From the Amer. Herit. Dict. of the Eng. Lang. 4th Ed. (Sorry that copy&paste strips out the highlighting):Usage Note: The verb loan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect. The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originated from a provincial deference to British critics, who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism. Loan is, however, used to describe only physical transactions, as of money or goods; for figurative transactions, lend is correct: Distance lends enchantment. The allusions lend the work a classical tone.
sueb1863 about 5 years ago
Funny how she’s so picky about grammar but doesn’t have problems with her own truly dangerous driving “skills”.
elliel203 about 5 years ago
My mother in a nutshell.
jagedlo about 5 years ago
Loan can be a verb and be used with or without an object (see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/loan)
craigographics about 5 years ago
Websters, Dictionary.com and Funk and Wagnalls all list loan as both noun and verb. Some writers will say “Loan” is USUALLY a noun, “Lend” is ALWAYS a verb. Just to be clear…
rugeirn about 5 years ago
Don’t tell her about what all these dictionaries say. She would be so sad that they’re all wrong. It would ruin her day.
kensympson about 5 years ago
It’s also a verb: verb loan 3rd person present loans past tense loaned past participle loaned gerund or present participle loaninglend (a sum of money or item of property).lend advance give credit credit allow give on loan give someone the loan of let someone have the use of let out lease charter hire sub borrow ask for the loan of receive/take on loan use temporarily
funny_jack about 5 years ago
Now, if only she could cure the world of pronouncing the SILENT “T” in the word “OFtEN”. Think about it, we don’t pronounce listen as “LIST TEN”, do we? Or is that too nagging for you as well? (But nagging is built in to her character.)
GaryCooper about 5 years ago
I’m glad someone still cares about precision in language.
Phrosty 12Oaks about 5 years ago
The art of the mother guilt trip. Lol
yangeldf about 5 years ago
and that’s why you aren’t getting any of that money back
pschearer Premium Member about 5 years ago
Feb-roo-ary.
falcon_370f about 5 years ago
A grammar hawk to the end.