Andy Hall wrote:
You mention elsewhere that
you have some contacts in the trades, so you might be able to
leverage this.

Aaaarrrghhhh. "Leverage" is a noun, not a verb.

You are absolutely right, and I wish there was a smiley for 'shame'.

Unfortunately I toil in the sick, bloated corporate swamps, where words are
corrupted every day (we have a special committee for this now, I
understand). I must've brought a speck of contamination home on my
clothes - it won't happen again.