Should the verb “ïmpact” be always followed by “on”?
Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb. My question is, should it be always followed by the preposition on? Oxford Dictionaries gives the following example:
The cuts will inevitably impact on service delivery.
I saw elsewhere this sentence:
The author offers policies that unduly impact certain populations.
Is there any thumbrule for this?
verbs prepositions
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Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb. My question is, should it be always followed by the preposition on? Oxford Dictionaries gives the following example:
The cuts will inevitably impact on service delivery.
I saw elsewhere this sentence:
The author offers policies that unduly impact certain populations.
Is there any thumbrule for this?
verbs prepositions
asked 4 hours ago
Arun
545213
Your first example is not idiomatic.
– Hot Licks
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Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb. My question is, should it be always followed by the preposition on? Oxford Dictionaries gives the following example:
The cuts will inevitably impact on service delivery.
I saw elsewhere this sentence:
The author offers policies that unduly impact certain populations.
Is there any thumbrule for this?
verbs prepositions
asked 4 hours ago
Arun
545213
Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb. My question is, should it be always followed by the preposition on? Oxford Dictionaries gives the following example:
The cuts will inevitably impact on service delivery.
I saw elsewhere this sentence:
The author offers policies that unduly impact certain populations.
Is there any thumbrule for this?
verbs prepositions
verbs prepositions
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Your first example is not idiomatic.
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Your first example is not idiomatic.
– Hot Licks
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Your first example is not idiomatic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Your first example is not idiomatic.
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Not necessarily. The sentence you've quoted is perfectly correct as well.
Here are some sentences I've dug up where impact isn't followed by on:
Both events negatively impacted her life.
from Merriam-Webster
The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
from Cambridge Dictionary
...the potential for women to impact the political process.
from Collins Dictionary
As far as I can see, your definition of impact (verb) can be used in four different ways: (from Collins Dictionary):
VERB + on/upon
as in
Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.
VERB on/upon noun
as in
The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work.
VERB noun
as in
...the potential for women to impact the political process. (mentioned
before)
verb-link ADJECTIVE
as in
Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.
Hope I've helped!
answered 4 hours ago
Lordology
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Your first example is not idiomatic. If you use "impact" as a verb, the object of the verb (the thing impacted) needs no "on". If you use "impact" as a noun, however, you need the preposition.
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Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
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Not necessarily. The sentence you've quoted is perfectly correct as well.
Here are some sentences I've dug up where impact isn't followed by on:
Both events negatively impacted her life.
from Merriam-Webster
The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
from Cambridge Dictionary
...the potential for women to impact the political process.
from Collins Dictionary
As far as I can see, your definition of impact (verb) can be used in four different ways: (from Collins Dictionary):
VERB + on/upon
as in
Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.
VERB on/upon noun
as in
The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work.
VERB noun
as in
...the potential for women to impact the political process. (mentioned
before)
verb-link ADJECTIVE
as in
Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.
Hope I've helped!
answered 4 hours ago
Lordology
41710
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Not necessarily. The sentence you've quoted is perfectly correct as well.
Here are some sentences I've dug up where impact isn't followed by on:
Both events negatively impacted her life.
from Merriam-Webster
The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
from Cambridge Dictionary
...the potential for women to impact the political process.
from Collins Dictionary
As far as I can see, your definition of impact (verb) can be used in four different ways: (from Collins Dictionary):
VERB + on/upon
as in
Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.
VERB on/upon noun
as in
The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work.
VERB noun
as in
...the potential for women to impact the political process. (mentioned
before)
verb-link ADJECTIVE
as in
Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.
Hope I've helped!
answered 4 hours ago
Lordology
41710
add a comment |
Not necessarily. The sentence you've quoted is perfectly correct as well.
Here are some sentences I've dug up where impact isn't followed by on:
Both events negatively impacted her life.
from Merriam-Webster
The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
from Cambridge Dictionary
...the potential for women to impact the political process.
from Collins Dictionary
As far as I can see, your definition of impact (verb) can be used in four different ways: (from Collins Dictionary):
VERB + on/upon
as in
Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.
VERB on/upon noun
as in
The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work.
VERB noun
as in
...the potential for women to impact the political process. (mentioned
before)
verb-link ADJECTIVE
as in
Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.
Hope I've helped!
answered 4 hours ago
Lordology
41710
Not necessarily. The sentence you've quoted is perfectly correct as well.
Here are some sentences I've dug up where impact isn't followed by on:
Both events negatively impacted her life.
from Merriam-Webster
The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
from Cambridge Dictionary
...the potential for women to impact the political process.
from Collins Dictionary
As far as I can see, your definition of impact (verb) can be used in four different ways: (from Collins Dictionary):
VERB + on/upon
as in
Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.
VERB on/upon noun
as in
The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work.
VERB noun
as in
...the potential for women to impact the political process. (mentioned
before)
verb-link ADJECTIVE
as in
Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.
Hope I've helped!
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Your first example is not idiomatic. If you use "impact" as a verb, the object of the verb (the thing impacted) needs no "on". If you use "impact" as a noun, however, you need the preposition.
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
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Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Your first example is not idiomatic. If you use "impact" as a verb, the object of the verb (the thing impacted) needs no "on". If you use "impact" as a noun, however, you need the preposition.
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
18.9k23677
2
Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Your first example is not idiomatic. If you use "impact" as a verb, the object of the verb (the thing impacted) needs no "on". If you use "impact" as a noun, however, you need the preposition.
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
18.9k23677
Your first example is not idiomatic. If you use "impact" as a verb, the object of the verb (the thing impacted) needs no "on". If you use "impact" as a noun, however, you need the preposition.
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
18.9k23677
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
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answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
18.9k23677
answered 3 hours ago
Hot Licks
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18.9k23677
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Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
add a comment |
2
Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
2
2
Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
Whether you think it's idiomatic might depend on which side of the pond you live on. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
2
2
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
... and my Ngram seems to show that some elderly prescriptivists would argue that impact shouldn't be used as a verb at all (even though the OED says that it was first used as a verb around 1600, nearly 200 years before it was first used as a noun).
– Peter Shor
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
@PeterShor is right. Also see bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33223503
– Lordology
3 hours ago
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Your first example is not idiomatic.
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