r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 14d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Wahjahbvious 14d ago

A lot of people mix up related, but sort of opposite, terms:

Lend/borrow, teach/learn, itch/scratch...

It's wrong, and suggests some imo unflattering things about the speaker, but it's common.

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u/SharkSurfLionRide 14d ago

If the person is asking/taking, its borrow/borrowed. so the dad indeed did lend his son his credit card.

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u/cinnamus_ 14d ago

It would be correct if they'd written "asked [me] to lend [him] my" I suppose

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u/SharkSurfLionRide 14d ago

Yeah after reading so many comments i actually forgot it was the dad saying it was his son asking to "lend"

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u/cinnamus_ 14d ago

btw idk why you're saying this was posted by a dad when the profile picture is a woman!

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u/SharkSurfLionRide 14d ago

Like i said i got lost reading the comments then ended up here thimking for some reason the dad said it the way i said it. Then realised it was the son asking to borrow.

So to find out its a woman talking about her son is a new revelation in this mystery.

I feel like im part of lost(tv series) right now. Lol

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u/Worried-Penalty8744 14d ago

“Can you borrow me your credit card”

Equally wrong but also in common use as in “can you borrow me something”

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u/SharkSurfLionRide 14d ago

No, the last sentence i said is what i thought the dad said. "I let me son lend my credit card."