deliver lectures vs give lectures

[ostap77]

"Who's giving a lecture tomorrow?"

OR

"Who's delivering a lecture tomorrow?"

Both acceptable and natural?

 

[Munch]

"Who's giving a lecture tomorrow?"

OR

"Who's delivering a lecture tomorrow?"

Both acceptable and natural?

Both sound natural to me, but "deliver" is more formal than "give".

 

[BobK]

:up: Or 'Who's lecturing tomorrow?

b

 

[ostap77]

:up: Or 'Who's lecturing tomorrow?

b

Wouldn't there be a slightly different meaning? Like to reproach somebody?

 

[Barb_D]

What is your context? Teaching a class?

If you mean a lecture as "a reproachful scolding" then none of these are natural.

 

[ostap77]

What is your context? Who is teaching a class?

If you mean a lecture as "a reproachful scolding" then none of these are natural.

"She delivers lectures at Sate University."

OR

"My mom's been lecturing me on the need of keeping my room tidy.''

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, which did you mean in your original post?

 

[BobK]

"She deliver lectures at Sate University."

OR

"My mom's been lecturing me on the need of keeping my room tidy.''

The verb 'lecture' has two distinct meanings in Br Eng. Lecturing a person involves talking on and on at them in a hostile or critical way; but when the verb has no object it just means 'delivering a lecture [that is, an academic one]'.

b

 

[ostap77]

The verb 'lecture' has two distinct meanings in Br Eng. Lecturing a person involves talking on and on at them in a hostile or critical way; but when the verb has no object it just means 'delivering a lecture [that is, an academic one]'.

b

If I said "Who's lecturing tomorrow?'' or ''Who's going to be lecturing tomorrow?'' that would not mean that someone would talk to me in a critical way?

If I said "Who's giving lectures to us tomorrow?",there would be no ambiguity? It's like delivering lectures at University?

 

[Barb_D]

There would be no ambiguity.

 

[ostap77]

There would be no ambiguity.

"Who's lecturing tomorrow?" would be acceptable in this context as well?

 

[Munch]

"Who's lecturing tomorrow?" would be acceptable in yhis context as well?

Yes.