[rescue] FW: Sun Microsystems to Cut Jobs, Sees Wider-Than-Expected Loss

Doctor Obnox Son of a Bitch rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Oct 5 15:50:13 CDT 2001


koyote at koyote.cx, reeling from the shock, managed on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:45:25PM -0700 to scrawl:
> >When did "impact" become a verb? GAhhh! It sets my teeth on edge to hear the word
> >used that way!! What's wrong with "affect"?
> 
> affect or effect?

 Right! That's the problem! They never learned the difference, so they use
 "impact"!

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