Can I use 'Results of impact' to introduce the outcomes after impacting two different

[middleage S]

Can I use 'Results of impact' to introduce the outcomes after impacting two different liquids?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

An impact is a result, so it would be redundant. Use one or the other.

I don't understand the sentence. What is the sentence for?

 

[GoesStation]

Can I use 'Results of impact' to introduce the outcomes after [STRIKE]impacting[/STRIKE] striking the vessels containing two different liquids?

If you fall from an airplane into a lake, someone might say you had impacted the water. (I don't use impact as a verb, but it's very widely used that way.) The situation you describe is different. You're hitting containers of liquid with something or striking them against a surface.

Don't use phrases like impacting liquids. You can, however, use the phrase you're asking about.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I don't think anyone would say Middleage's Cessna impacted the water. Most people would say Middleage hit the water or struck the water.

But yes, you're right: I hadn't thought of impact in the sense of hit or strike. I read it in the sense of affect. You've deciphered it for me.

 

[GoesStation]

I don't think anyone would say Middleage's Cessna impacted the water.

In fact, people often do. Here's one example.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

In fact, people often do. Here's one example.

I'm not reading that as conversational English. I think of it as Police Report English: The alleged perpetrator proceeded to the vicinity of the incident.

Impacted is good for talking about wisdom teeth. Otherwise, I haven't heard it used conversationally.

 

[GoesStation]

Impacted[/I] is good for talking about wisdom teeth. Otherwise, I haven't heard it used conversationally.

You've led a blissfully sheltered existence. It's used a lot in business and government circles.