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Past Tense of Lean: Leaned or Leant — and Why Leant Sounds Just Like Lent
The past tense of lean is leaned or leant, both correct. The trap: leant shortens the vowel to /lent/ and sounds exactly like lent, the past tense of lend.
The Wallaby18 min read
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Lent, Not Lended: The Past Tense of Lend and Where It Splits from Borrow
The past simple and past participle of lend are both lent. The tricky part is the direction of the action — lend gives out, borrow takes in — and the final -nt cluster often gets lost when you hear it spoken.
The Wallaby18 min read