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

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

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

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"

Jovana

Yankee · 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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lost_soul · 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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Yankee · 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

). However, in my opinion, the word 'lend' is better here since the meaning of 'lend' also suggests 'give back later'.
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Torsten · 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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Yankee · Mon Sep 17, 2007 18:03 pm *'lend us some money' vs 'lend some money to us'*

Thanks, Torsten.
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