“Affected,” “Influenced”—Sometimes Even “Improved”—Are Better Choices Than “Impacted”
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- On March 3, 2020
Ivanka Trump was talking recently about the success of the Administration’s worker retraining program. “15 million lives impacted, 15 million families impacted,” she said.
Ouch.
Impact, traditionally a noun, as in have an impact on, has turned into a verb (one shunned by stylists everywhere), pushing aside more human-sounding verbs,... (Read More)