Comment Re:Spend is a verb not a noun (Score 1) 100
On the contrary there is extensive commentary on what is proper usage that does not even begin to concede the issue when something is added to a dictionary, and the consensus is that "spending" is to be preferred over "spend" when a noun is required. If you are in an informal context in Britain that may be different, but here we are talking about a published article not a post it note in London.