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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:01 am Post subject: leverage |
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He uses the *leverage* his age gives him with the more junior employees.
Advantage?
an *of* missing in the sentence?
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Correct. |
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BMO
Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 705
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:40 am Post subject: Re: leverage |
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Where do you insert of? |
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 2111 Location: New Jersey, US
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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No "of" is missing. Often "of" is used after "leverage," but the grammar is different:
He uses the leverage of his age against the more junior employees. |
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