English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
IMPART or IMPACT?
To impart is to communicate the knowledge of something to someone or people:
The teacher ~impacts~ a great deal of knowledge to his students. ✖️
The teacher imparts a great deal of knowledge to his students. ✔️
Be in the know that “impart” cannot be used as noun:
The teacher has a great ~impart~ on the students’ lives. ✖️
Impact means to have a strong effect on someone or something. It can be used as both a noun and a verb:
Her seriousness ~imparted~ on her success. ✖️
Her seriousness impacted on her success. ✔️
Her seriousness had a significant impact on her success. ✔️
GAB
Impact is the most dummist and annoying word! The word impact should be erased from the English language for good! Every time I read an article, I see the word impact instead of the correct word! Every one says impact now instead of influence and so many other words! I can’t stand the word impact!!!!!
Thanks for imparting this to us, sir.
Had issues sorting this out a couple of times
Thanks Dr Gab for this