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To: BibChr

NEVER. It is a noun. I will reluctantly tolerate its use as an adjective ONLY by dentists when discussing teeth.


352 posted on 03/24/2005 8:14:23 AM PST by Xenalyte (I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
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To: Xenalyte

Or colons.


364 posted on 03/24/2005 8:15:49 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Xenalyte

The Oxford English Dictionary disagrees with you. Their entry for impact contains transitive citations (quotes, quotations, whatever) going back to the early 17th century. The intransitive impact only goes back to 1916, so far as they can tell. If you think they are in error, I'm sure they've an address on their website you can use to correct them, and they'll update it for the next edition.


595 posted on 03/24/2005 8:47:06 AM PST by Caesar Soze
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