“Leveraging” Language, or How to “Promote” Plain English
I love language—I’m a part-time poet and a full-time grammar geek. So my short commute got sweeter yesterday when I caught Lucy Kellaway (the management columnist at the Financial Times) on BBC Newshour, “tackling” the abuse of language. (Kellaway’s commentary starts around the 24-minute mark of the podcast. You can also read her comments on …