The one that has crept into American English that irritates me is the
use of "impacted" instead of "affected." For example, "People were
impacted by the weather." What's wrong with "People were *affected* by
the weather." (Unless, of course, people were in the path of a large
meteorite, in which case I suppose they could quite literally be
impacted...)
Thurlow
David wrote:
There are a few expressions which have crept into Australian English
(goodness knows from where) that really bug the pedants. These include
such phrases as:
- "growing an economy", where the verb "to grow" seems to have
replaced those such as: to develop, improve, increase, enlarge,
advance, expand, etc. I've even heard it used with reference to
"growing the audience numbers"
- "ahead of" has replaced: prior to, before
- "in back of" has replaced: after, following, behind.
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