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Old May 10, 2013, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by eggsinfinitum View Post
Grammar, not spelling-wise: Impact is a noun! It really bothers me when people use "impacted" or "impactful" which are just not words, but you see them used more and more frequently.

I am in the medical field, believe me--you do NOT want to be impacted!
"impacted" can be an adjective, such as an "impacted tooth". A lot of words can change part of speech depending on ending. For example, "book" is a noun, while "bookish" is an adjective, "booked" is a verb. Sorry.....it's not very often I can "play teacher" anymore.
Thanks for this!
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