If you are a college freshman, what do you do if you if your own English professor requires as must-reading an English-usage book he or she had coauthored, but it’s one that’s blind to the semantic difference between “borrowing” and “lending,” then asks an absurd True-or-False question and answers it wrongly? A Forum member, Kuyerjudd, had such an experience recently and asked me if it’s OK to burn that book.
Click this link to "You Asked Me This Question" now to read his posting and my advice to him.
