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The verb
headquarter occurs in both transitive and intransitive senses: The
magazine has headquartered the reporters in a building that houses many foreign
journalists. The European correspondent will headquarter in Paris. But this
verb usage does not sit well with many people, and in an earlier survey a
majority of the Usage Panel found both these examples unacceptable in formal
writing.
Although there is a lot
of evidence for these usages, you would do best to use alternative expressions,
for example: The magazine has just assigned him to (or has stationed
him in) a building that houses many foreign journalists. The European
correspondent will make her headquarters in Paris (or will make Paris her
headquarters). |