I just learned that “impact” has only recently been used as a verb. The Dictionary program on my MacBook reports: Impact has traditionally been only a noun. In recent years, however, it has undergone a semantic shift that has allowed it to act as a verb. Such use has become widespread (and also widely condemned [...]
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About Brynn Evans
I'm Brynn Evans, a design and user experience strategist. I blog here (occasionally) and can be found daily as @brynn on Twitter.
