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#1 (permalink) Sat Apr 08, 2006 13:59 pm Difference between lend and borrow?

I had lend 500$ from kelly. I had Borrowed 500$ from kelly. The above sentences are correct or wrong.

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#2 (permalink) Sat Apr 08, 2006 14:31 pm Difference between lend and borrow

swami wrote:

I had lend 500$ from kelly.

I had Borrowed 500$ from kelly.

The above sentences are correct or wrong.

The second sentence is correct:
I had borrowed $500 from Kelly (I had taken money for a short time with Kelly's permission).

The first sentence should be changed as follows:
Kelly had lent me $500 (Kelly had given me some money for a certain period of time).

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#3 (permalink) Sat Apr 08, 2006 23:13 pm Difference between lend and borrow

swami wrote:

I had lend 500$ from kelly.

I had Borrowed 500$ from kelly.

The above sentences are correct or wrong.

Conchita wrote:

The first sentence should be changed as follows:
Kelly had lent me $500 (Kelly had given me some money for a certain period of time).

The first sentence could also be changed to, "I borrowed $500 from Kelly."

Note also your other mistakes: You wrote "kelly", but a name should begin with a capital letter, so her name is "Kelly". Also, in English we put the dollar sign before the number, not after. You wrote "500$", but the correct way to write it is "$500".

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#4 (permalink) Sun Apr 09, 2006 22:10 pm Difference between lend and borrow?

Lend means 'to loan'. 'Kelly, could you lend me $500?' or 'Kelly, could I borrow $500?' 'I'll lend you $500.'

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#5 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:12 am Thanks

Thanks conchita,jamie and sunchild.. swami

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#6 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:13 am Thanks

Thanks conchita,jamie and sunchild.. swami

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