Although those who know me as a teacher acknowledge I'm not really a know-it-all "species", there are times when I know for sure I am right. One of these cases had to do with the verb to use in the context of hiring a house or apartment: should it be hire or let? Most chose 'hire', though of course the correct answer was 'let'.
The context demanded the idea of owning estate which you would be interested in
letting; thus, having someone
renting (paying for) it.
Nothing better than London on my way to Istanbul to prove this in a thousand and one cases. Here's the hard proof.
CM
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