Feb 21, 2024 · Purely aesthetically, I'd prefer "impact on", although the transitive form is useful in the passive. But NGram for "impacted him" vs "impacted on him" shows the version without "on" is much. Nov 28, 2011 · Impact on means "a marked effect or influence"; impact means "the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another." Our regional measures have had a significant impact on. Sep 8, 2014 · Impact (early 17th century) comes from the past form of the same source. The use of Impact as a verb to indicate greater Effect seems to have come into use in the 1960s. I observed this.

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Jul 18, 2021 · Is there a grammarians' consensus as to the usage of impact (as a verb)? Should it always take the preposition on or is it a matter of personal preference? Dec 22, 2018 · 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

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