I'm LOLing but that's unnecessarily literal. It's perfectly acceptable to impact something by simply having an effect on it.
No, no it is not. See "Problem Usage" below. I would fire an editor that did not correct this in a document. People use "impacting" because then they don't have to figure out if "effecting" or "affecting" is correct. That does not make using "impacting" to mean "effecting" is correct. I cringe to see a teacher using it incorrectly.
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
im·pact (ĭmpăkt′) Share: n. 1. a. The striking of one body against another; collision. See Synonyms at collision. b. The force transmitted by a collision. 2. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another: still gauging the impact of automation on the lives of factory workers. v. (ĭm-păkt, ĭmpăkt′) im·pact·ed, im·pact·ing, im·pacts v.tr. 1. To pack firmly together. 2. To strike forcefully: meteorites impacting the lunar surface. 3. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact on: "No region ... has been more impacted by emerging ... economic trends" (Joel Kotkin). v.intr. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact.
Post by Velvetshady on Jan 29, 2015 20:58:48 GMT -5
Tegla Loroupe Tim Berners Lee Kofi Annan Dalai Lama
And now for my tennis list: Billy Jean King Martina Navratilova (although some might consider this controversial) Novak Djokovic Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf (okay, maybe not Andre for the drug use, but Steffi works) Andy Murray
I'm LOLing but that's unnecessarily literal. It's perfectly acceptable to impact something by simply having an effect on it.
No, no it is not. See "Problem Usage" below. I would fire an editor that did not correct this in a document. People use "impacting" because then they don't have to figure out if "effecting" or "affecting" is correct. That does not make using "impacting" to mean "effecting" is correct. I cringe to see a teacher using it incorrectly.
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
im·pact (ĭmpăkt′) Share: n. 1. a. The striking of one body against another; collision. See Synonyms at collision. b. The force transmitted by a collision. 2. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another: still gauging the impact of automation on the lives of factory workers. v. (ĭm-păkt, ĭmpăkt′) im·pact·ed, im·pact·ing, im·pacts v.tr. 1. To pack firmly together. 2. To strike forcefully: meteorites impacting the lunar surface. 3. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact on: "No region ... has been more impacted by emerging ... economic trends" (Joel Kotkin). v.intr. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact.
I can't believe I'm doing this but...
From Merriam-webster's site Impact Verb : to have a strong and often bad effect on (something or someone) 2 a :to have a direct effect or impact on :impinge on b :to strike forcefully; also :to cause to strike forcefully intransitive verb 1 :to have an impact —often used with on
Off the top of my head: Bill Gates - vaccines Melinda Gates - women's welfare Warren Buffett - charity (encouraging the wealthy to give away their wealth) Elon Musk - technology (Tesla and Space X) Michael J. Fox - Parkinson's research
No, no it is not. See "Problem Usage" below. I would fire an editor that did not correct this in a document. People use "impacting" because then they don't have to figure out if "effecting" or "affecting" is correct. That does not make using "impacting" to mean "effecting" is correct. I cringe to see a teacher using it incorrectly.
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
im·pact (ĭmpăkt′) Share: n. 1. a. The striking of one body against another; collision. See Synonyms at collision. b. The force transmitted by a collision. 2. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another: still gauging the impact of automation on the lives of factory workers. v. (ĭm-păkt, ĭmpăkt′) im·pact·ed, im·pact·ing, im·pacts v.tr. 1. To pack firmly together. 2. To strike forcefully: meteorites impacting the lunar surface. 3. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact on: "No region ... has been more impacted by emerging ... economic trends" (Joel Kotkin). v.intr. Usage Problem To have an effect or impact.
I can't believe I'm doing this but...
From Merriam-webster's site Impact Verb : to have a strong and often bad effect on (something or someone) 2 a :to have a direct effect or impact on :impinge on b :to strike forcefully; also :to cause to strike forcefully intransitive verb 1 :to have an impact —often used with on
Hey, I've been told to drop it, so I did. The peanut gallery doesn't want to hear from me anymore. If you want to have a real (and boring to 99% of the world) discussion in another thread about the difference between descriptive and proscriptive dictionaries, and the evolution and acceptance of the evolution of the English language, I'll be happy to participate--tomorrow (I'm taking my cane and heading to bed now). And , FYI, no one is ever going to convince me that "converate" is a real world (even though it is included in Merriam-Webster).
And thank you for actually getting my attempt at a joke based on the correct definition in my first couple of posts. I am fully aware very few other people give a crap or got it, it just happens to be one of my biggest editorial pet peeves. Like nails on a chalk board.
Oh and Forrest is for trees? I always thought he'd be more for shrimp.
Eta: Tom Hanks Matt Groening (he makes the world laugh, that is positive).
Any Nobel prize winners still alive and researching
Except you might want to avoid James Watson because of that whole racial DNA stuff, and probably Keri Mullis since he came up with his Nobel-prize winning idea on LSD...
(And "impacting" is a huge pet peeve of mine)
This was clearly not a very helpful post; I'll show myself out.
Also, Ellen Degeneres is big on spreading kindness and just being a nice person. Something that is totally appropriate for a 5th grader and I'm sure they will recognize her.
Hey, I've been told to drop it, so I did. The peanut gallery doesn't want to hear from me anymore. If you want to have a real (and boring to 99% of the world) discussion in another thread about the difference between descriptive and proscriptive dictionaries, and the evolution and acceptance of the evolution of the English language, I'll be happy to participate--tomorrow (I'm taking my cane and heading to bed now). And , FYI, no one is ever going to convince me that "converate" is a real world (even though it is included in Merriam-Webster).
And thank you for actually getting my attempt at a joke based on the correct definition in my first couple of posts. I am fully aware very few other people give a crap or got it, it just happens to be one of my biggest editorial pet peeves. Like nails on a chalk board.
Your paragraph contains a spelling error and a comma splice.
Post by downtoearth on Jan 30, 2015 8:13:31 GMT -5
Hillary Clinton
SCOTUS women
Michelle Obama
Tina Fey - funny, changing Hollywood, and all about girl power
Lyn-z - prof skateboarder and advocate for women in sports
Danica - prof driver and women's advocate in traditional men's sports
Elise Andrew - behind I f- ing love science (might be hard to use with 5th graders)
Fwazia Koofi - female leader inAfghanistan
Tory Burch - entrepreneur and philanthropy and fashion
Nikki Giovanni - civil rights writer/poet and artist
Oh and a few from the journalism industry...
Lucy Liu - Both a great actress and an immigration and woman's rights advocate (focuses on Asian cultures)
Katy Couric - Broke into the big desks of journalism and continues to be a "hard hitter" journalist and I think she advocates for women in journalism to have their voices heard
ETA Corrected - I've just been editing and adding from my phone as I make lunches and think of people.