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66 born

To be bornis passive.
Hundreds of children are born deaf every year.
To talk about somebody's date or place of birth, use the simple past
tense was/were born.
| was born in 1936. (NOT Hannbornin4936.)
My parents were both born in Scotland.

67 borrow and lend

borrow something from somebody

lend something to somebody
lend somebody something

Borrowis like take. You borrow something from somebody.
| borrowed a pound from my son. Can! borrow your bicycle?
Lend is like give. You lend something to somebody, or lend somebody
something (the meaning is the same).
| lent my coat to a friend of my brother's, and | never saw it again.
Lend me your comb for a minute, will you?
For /end in passive structures, see 356.4.

68 both (of) with nouns and pronouns

We can put both (of) before nouns and pronouns.
Before a noun with a determiner (for example: the, my, these), both and
both of are both possible.
Both (of) my parents like riding She's eaten both (of) the chops.
We can also use both without a determiner.
She's eaten both chops.(= ... both of the chops.)
Only both of is possible before a personal pronoun (us, you, them).
Both of them can come tomorrow.
Mary sends her love to both of us.

We can put both after object pronouns.
i've invited them both. — Mary sends us both her love.
i've made you both something to eat.

Note: we do not put the before both.
both children(NOT the beth-ehitdrer)