OK, I know, the old quote about the UK vs the US being “two nations divided by a common language” and all, so most of the time I assume its a cultural difference when I come across spelling and grammar that makes my eyes vibrate.
One thing really makes my skin crawl though – using ‘impact’ as a verb or adverb. Ie ‘it impacted the housing industry’ or ‘it was very impactful‘.
It is not now, nor has it ever been, a verb…
With the largest vocabulary of any language on the planet, why oh why take a perfectly good noun and turn it into a verb?
That, and the American abhorrence of the use of the word ‘toilet’. When I go to a restaurant and ask for “the Restrooms” we all know that resting isn’t what I had in mind. Nor am I wanting to take a bath, even though they are also euphemistically called “bathrooms”.
Its a toilet/lavatory/WC/loo etc… why all the coyness?