Re: The Apple ][ was crap

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

william strutts wrote:

> Websters states that it is a noun.
>
> Loan noun., The act of lending

My Websters New Collegiate says right under Loan noun,
Loan vt : LEND (in this edition, that means another form of the word.)

Roy

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> "Roy Miller" <millers@inebraska.com> wrote in message
> 3B4F2CA1.5EBA46C6@inebraska.com">news:3B4F2CA1.5EBA46C6@inebraska.com...
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> >
> > Lister, having had one too many, tried to slam his mug on the bar, but
> > missed.
> >
> > > A long time ago (Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:09:17 -0500, really), in a pub
> > > far, far away, Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com> slammed a pint glass
> > > on the table and said :
> > >
> > > >Lister wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> A long time ago (Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:21:38 GMT, really), in a pub
> far,
> > > >> far away, "res069fl" <res069fl@gte.net> slammed a pint glass on the
> > > >> table and said :
> > > >>
> > > >> >Gates loaned
> > > >>
> > > >> LENT!
> > > >
> > > >Only in Britain is the name of a religious season also the verb for
> > > >loaning money.
> > > >Here in North America we know that the past tense is formed by adding
> an
> > > >"ed" to the stem of regular verbs.
> > >
> > > that would be true, but you do not loan people money, you lend them it
> > > - loan is NOT a verb and cannot be used a such
> > > >Unless one has had too many pints, that is.
> >
> > You sure you don't want to loan your dictionary to me?
> >
> > Sounds like a verb to me
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > >
> > > >;-)
> > > >
> > > >Roy
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> >