My pet peeve is bad grammar. I especially hate it when people use the noun 'impact' as a verb. Whatever happened to affect?
It seems language is now infected
The verb impact I have rejected
Did you flunk English lit
You illiterate twit
It's the wrong word you have selected.
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It's the wrong word you have selected
And high time you were corrected
But if argument is your desire
Poor intelligence I must inquire
Could be your affliction
Since accurate diction
Is to what us thinkers aspire.
Is that last line grammatically sound? It feels awkward.
Anyway, I know how you feel, it's really annoying me. It feels as though in the last twelve months it has become worse. I feel as though I am the only person who believes that 'affect' is sufficient and that 'impact' should only be used to describe a physical collision of great force and NEVER related to an abstract concept i.e. the economy.
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