Jun 8, 2017 · The conditions are: if you did not get the permission of the publisher you can not sell, lent, .. (all kinds of trade and circulation). 'In any form of binding or cover.....' is the adverbial of 'trade and circulation' to point out that even in different forms …

Nov 16, 2015 · The book is being lent, so the book is the direct object. Me is who the book is lent to, so me is the indirect object. Lent is the verb, and he is the subject, but I guess you had figured that out yourself.

Oct 25, 2018 · The out always goes with the owner or the owner's representative: I am renting out her apartment means: I'm managing the rental for her. So, yes, unless you know the parties and who owns what, there can be ambiguity in the simple sentence : "I'm renting the apartment" because it can mean one of two things: "I'm renting the apartment to you" or ...

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent ...

Jan 29, 2019 · The OP's sentence is, from a purely technical viewpoint, ungrammatical. Many native speakers would criticise (an English language teacher would mark it as being incorrect) and say that the past participle of the verb lend, i.e. lent should be used instead. He lent me some money; The OP's suggestion, WITHOUT context, sounds ambiguous to me ...

Vent without out is more idiomatic when the object is a person. Vent out is used to refer to getting air into an enclosed place such as a room or possibly clothing to clear it of bad air or smells. Share

Aug 20, 2023 · My sister has been almost overwhelmed with her new job, and I have been out of the country on business myself, but we finally got to talk last night about the surprise birthday party we hope to have for our mom. The new Broadway show has been so successful that it has been impossible to find affordable tickets. But I got to see it this past ...

As Hellion points out, borrow is used in some dialects to mean lend, but this is not permitted in Standard English (whatever that is). And I have never encountered lend with the sense borrow . Share

Jan 25, 2021 · I'd say the test is wrong. "off" and "out" are both correct. In fact, I think "out" is even a little better. "The lights went off" is what you would expect to happen when you flip the switch at the end of a work day, for instance, but if "the lights went out", we have no idea why, and the test question included "surprising", so I'd have chosen "o

May 20, 2022 · Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. Guards Guards. I mean, it's a good job we've got a last desperate million-to-one chance to rely on, or we'd really be in trouble!