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food to the starving.”
In such sentences — and the court could produce 50 more — the verbs are interchangeable. We could with equal confidence take relief supplies, take the car in for a tuneup, and take food to the starving Somalians.
When the point of direction is clear, the old rule works well: “Please take the dog for a walk.” “You don’t bring me flowers any more.” Obviously we are not going to bring the dog for a walk or take me flowers any more. Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.
Norman G. Folkers of Lynnwood, Wash., asks the court to enjoin “loan” as a verb. He acknowledges that “loan” has widely replaced “lend,” but he contends that popular usage does not convey legitimacy. Ah, sir, at some point popular usage does indeed convey legitimacy. Tlie trick is to determine when that point is reached. Sadly, reluctantly, with a badly broken heart, the court must rule — sob! — that banks may now loan money as well as lend it. 0 tempora, 0 mores!
Donald M. Stevens of Alexandria, Ky., seeks a ruling on nouns ending in “-ee.” The court is not about to straighten out this muddle. Some of the time the suffix denotes the object of an action: Title will vest in an assignee. Some of the time the suffix denotes the subject of an action: At the theater a standee stands.
Plaintiff Stevens especially ob
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