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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'



 
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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 13:46 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

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ESL/EFL Test #149 "financial and bank expressions", question 1

Can you please ......... some money until we get paid next week?

(a) lend
(b) give
(c) borrow
(d) grant

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #149 "financial and bank expressions", answer 1

Can you please lend some money until we get paid next week?

Correct answer: (a) lend
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Is there a mistake in usage of the verb lend? I think it should be "lend us some money" or "lend some money to us"

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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 15:15 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

Hi Jovanna

Yes, there seems to be a typo in the test. The word 'us' seems to have been deleted after the word 'lend'. Thanks for pointing that out.
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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 17:30 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

Hi, Amy

Incidentally, why is "give" totally wrong? I understand, that the best choice is "lend", but nevertheless don't you think that "Can you please give me some money" sounds quite natural, do you? Wink
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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 17:37 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

Hi Alex

Your point is a good one, and you might possibly hear 'give' used in 'street English' (Laughing Wink). However, in my opinion, the word 'lend' is better here since the meaning of 'lend' also suggests 'give back later'.
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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 17:41 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

Hi Alex and Amy,

Thanks for pointing out the missing object pronoun, we've added and the new version will go online soon.
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'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us' Mon Sep 17, 2007 18:03 pm  'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'
 

Thanks, Torsten.
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