Lending and Borrowing Books
Other than from the library, I have learned it is better to neither lend nor borrow a book from a friend or acquaintance.
I have often been tempted to have the borrower leave "a deposit" to cover the cost of the book, to be returned to the borrower when the book is returned in the same condition that it was lent out in.
How do you feel about borrowing and lending books?
Or about lending/borrowing in general?
I also can't "borrow" a cup of sugar. I can "replace" a cup of sugar - but I cannot "return" the same cup of sugar. So why do we say "May/Can I borrow a cup of sugar?"