Comment by sameesh 4 hours ago Why is it "spend" and not "spending"? 4 comments sameesh Reply aviraldg 4 hours ago > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/336478/is-it-rea...I've mainly seen it used this way in business contexts qwert-e 4 hours ago The same reason it's "ask" and not "request" abirch 4 hours ago spend is a noun in this sentence. As a noun, spend refers to the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a specified length of time prewett 3 hours ago Spending is also a noun. A gerund used to be the way you nounify a verb. “Ad spending” is perfectly grammatical, unlike “ad spend”.This seems to be part of a broader trend, not just business. One group of pastor-students would talk about giving a “preach”. Drove me nuts.
aviraldg 4 hours ago > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/336478/is-it-rea...I've mainly seen it used this way in business contexts
abirch 4 hours ago spend is a noun in this sentence. As a noun, spend refers to the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a specified length of time prewett 3 hours ago Spending is also a noun. A gerund used to be the way you nounify a verb. “Ad spending” is perfectly grammatical, unlike “ad spend”.This seems to be part of a broader trend, not just business. One group of pastor-students would talk about giving a “preach”. Drove me nuts.
prewett 3 hours ago Spending is also a noun. A gerund used to be the way you nounify a verb. “Ad spending” is perfectly grammatical, unlike “ad spend”.This seems to be part of a broader trend, not just business. One group of pastor-students would talk about giving a “preach”. Drove me nuts.
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I've mainly seen it used this way in business contexts
The same reason it's "ask" and not "request"
spend is a noun in this sentence. As a noun, spend refers to the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a specified length of time
Spending is also a noun. A gerund used to be the way you nounify a verb. “Ad spending” is perfectly grammatical, unlike “ad spend”.
This seems to be part of a broader trend, not just business. One group of pastor-students would talk about giving a “preach”. Drove me nuts.