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Verbs Often Confused 1. “Been” & “Gone”He has gone to New York (= He is there now)
He has been to New York (= he was there but not any longer) 2. “Borrow” & “Lend”
2 opposite processes
He borrowed some money from his friend.
He lent some money to his friend. 3. “Lose” & “ Loose”
Lose is a verb meaning the opposite of ‘find’ or win
Loose is an adjective meaning the opposite of tight
E.g. she is afraid she might lose her ring Sara’s watch was loose and fell off 4. “Reach” & “Arrive”
Reach is a transitive verb and must have an object: We reached London in the morning
Arrive is intransitive and cannot have an object We arrived in the morning
Of course where we arrived can be shown by using ‘at’ or ‘in’ We arrived in London in the in the morning
The word ‘there’ can be used with ‘reach’ and ‘arrive’: We reached there in the morning We arrived there in the morning 5. “Salute” & “ Greet”
Soldiers ‘salute’ their superior raising their hand to their head
‘Greet’ simply means ‘give greeting to’ by saying ‘hello’ or something similar
e.g. The captain saluted the general John greeted his friend when he saw him in the street 6. “Steal” & “Rob”
Steel is followed by the thing stolen, rod by a person or place
When we wish to indicate what was stolen as well as the person or place affected we use the construction:
‘rob somebody of something’
e.g. He stole my watch. He robbed the house He robbed me of my wallet 7. “Wear” ,”Put on” & “Dress”
Wear describes a state, put on an action. We wear our clothes for some hours; it takes us a short time to put them on(both verbs are transitive and require articles of clothing, etc. as objects)
e.g. I shall wear my new suit to the party I shall put on a jacket when it’s cooler
Dress usually describes an action but it cannot take an article of clothing as an object : He is dressing at the moment She is