• emb@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Impact, impacted, impacts are totally fine for these use cases. As a native English speaker, I’d never heard of these rules against using them that way.

    But even if there is a rule, it doesn’t matter; if the terms are used this way and fully understood by both the speaker and listeners, then the rule is void.

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      3 months ago

      For sure, I am just curious. Not to lecture others, for my own knowledge. :)

      I see where you are coming from, but as someone who speaks several other languages, I would say there can be benefits to lanagauge rules.

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        3 months ago

        That makes sense! I am a rule enjoyer, I guess I was responding more to the thread than to you in particular. It is good to be aware of the rules, but I also think they can sometimes hinder natural communication and create confusion.