http://www.badlanguage.net/ban-the-word-leverage How to communicate Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.badlanguage.net/ban-the-word-leverage#comment-875 George Petrov Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:52:03 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=20#comment-875 It is my, albeit somewhat disinclined, belief that you have leveraged your sarcasm suboptimally by utilizing a number (2) of potentially (in other circimstances) substitutable phrases and/or verbs charactarisable by having a significantly different connotation from "leverage". Namely "take advantage of" and "capitalize on" in the above context are liable to a certain negative interpretation by susceptible individuals due to their exploitative subtext, which edges on the inappropriate in the context of the original press release, especially with view of its intended upbeat tonality. It is my, albeit somewhat disinclined, belief that you have leveraged your sarcasm suboptimally by utilizing a number (2) of potentially (in other circimstances) substitutable phrases and/or verbs charactarisable by having a significantly different connotation from “leverage”. Namely “take advantage of” and “capitalize on” in the above context are liable to a certain negative interpretation by susceptible individuals due to their exploitative subtext, which edges on the inappropriate in the context of the original press release, especially with view of its intended upbeat tonality.

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/ban-the-word-leverage#comment-869 Sandeep Kaul Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:11:07 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=20#comment-869 At last! In addition to 'leverage' the other word that annoys me is 'space' as in 'The BPO space will see consolidation in the next few years'. At last! In addition to ‘leverage’ the other word that annoys me is ’space’ as in ‘The BPO space will see consolidation in the next few years’.

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