A couple of minutes ago, a student asked me:
“Teacher, can I have a chair?”
Err…what? She wanted to borrow the visitor’s chair that was in front of me. I said “Yes, sure.”
Of course, I knew what she wanted, but it is inappropriate to substitute “borrow” or “lend” with “have“.
“Have” in the sentence that the student made means . . . → Read More: Let Me Have It
