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And what, you may well ask, does gift as a verb offer that give doesn't?
Well, for one thing, gift definitively states that it is a gift and return is not expected. I could give you a book and expect you to return it at some time in the near future or to pass it on to someone else. If I gift you the book, it is yours to keep. It all depends on whether you value precision in the language.
'There is no such thing as a gift.' [that is, there is *always* something expected in return]
GWF Hegel (yes, I know, as though anyone around here cares what that old boob had to say).
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'There is no such thing as a gift.' [that is, there is *always* something expected in return]
Whether that is true or not is of no concern. The fact is that the thing itself is not expected in return if it has been gifted to someone; it may be if it has been merely given.
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I probly associate with the wrong class of people; but if I wanted something returned I would *loan it and definitely not *give to one of them.
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I probly associate with the wrong class of people; but if I wanted something returned I would *loan it and definitely not *give to one of them.
True of me, too - if I give something, I don't want it back. If I want it back, I'll lend it.
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I'm with Fald's subtleyness on this one.
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I like tsuwm's, too: I would *loan it
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Well, personally I'd lend it!
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Me, I'd rent it but that's just because they screwed up my paycheck again.
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