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Here, world politics is the object of impact. The president has an impact in world politics. Here, world politics is the context in which impact is made. This distinction with the previous sentence is more evident by rewording the sentence as. In world politics, the president has an impact. and noting that the object of impact is unspecified.
Aug 24, 2018 · Impact, on the other hand, means to collide with or crash into something or to pack something in firmly when used literally. Now, this can be extended to its figurative meaning, which can be used to mean "to affect something in a shocking, violent way" (when used as a verb) or "the shocking, violent effect of something on something else" (when used as a noun).
Nov 28, 2011 · Impact on means "a marked effect or influence"; impact means "the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another." Our regional measures have had a significant impact on unemployment. There was the sound of a third impact. You could use impact in in sentences similar to the following one:
Sep 8, 2014 · Impact (early 17th century) comes from the past form of the same source. The use of Impact as a verb to indicate greater Effect seems to have come into use in the 1960s. I observed this at that time being used by those who were desperate to strengthen both the effect and impact of their words to defend a weak position or field of study.
Mar 1, 2018 · In regards to the title, "the negative impact of colonialism on mentality", you could turn it into "the detrimental effect of colonialism on mentality" or "the detriment to mentality caused by colonialism", for example. I do think "impact of colonialism on mentality" is a weird phrase, though. Mentality in regards to what?
Jul 18, 2021 · You can use it transitively (impact the situation) or intransitively (impact on the situation = have an impact on it). But see under Usage here for Oxford’s comments about the verb: IMPACT . And for Merriam-Webster’s comments, see under Is impact a verb? here: IMPACT
Jan 19, 2008 · In the sense of the sentence you have quoted, "make an impact" and "have an impact" are the same, as is "impact upon". The slightly different sense of "make an impact" is more informal : as in "she wore a beautiful red dress to the party and made quite an impact".
Mar 7, 2010 · Ok, thanks. Effect would be much better, but the word given was "impact" so I needed a verb for that particular collocation. Make an impact... well, according to the number of mistakes I made, I'm now pretty sure I've failed my exam. Cool. Thanks guys, you're a priceless resource!
Jan 5, 2017 · Hi all, today I was corrected by someone saying that "bring a negative impact to" is not idiomatic. The sentence I said was: Playing video games too often will bring a negative impact to students' studies. He said I should have said: Playing video games too often will have a negative impact on students' studies. Is he right, or are both acceptable?
Apr 28, 2015 · "I'm afraid that cutting any further might impact badly on the manuscript's style and content" You might say "...cutting any further might be to the detriment of the manuscript's style...." Alternatively you could easily say "have a bad effect on", rather than annoy readers who may object to "impact badly on". I must admit I don't like either ...
