Aurélien Larcher writes: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:04 PM James <l...@xdrv.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 04/12/2018 15:10, Aurélien Larcher wrote: > > >> "Developers can instantly leverage", leverage is a noun. > > >> > > > It is also a verb. > > > > Lots of people verb nouns, it depends if you want to appear ignorant to > > those that do not. My advice*, your choice. > > > > * which was solicited. > > > > I do not mind recognizing my ignorance. > Does it boil down to a difference between American English and British > English?
No, it boils down to who is the bigger snob. ;-) The Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/leverage correctly says that it is used today both as a noun and a verb. Other, more backwards-oriented sources might disagree... Have fun -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Solaris-based Systems Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: v...@bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
