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SuperESL Posted 12 years ago
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impinge on
Hi,
Say if I want to render 'impinge on' in a sentence like "several factors impinge on market efficiency" in the passive voice, should it be:
"market efficiency is impinged on by several factors."
"market efficiency is impinged by several factors."?
Thank you.
Say if I want to render 'impinge on' in a sentence like "several factors impinge on market efficiency" in the passive voice, should it be:
"market efficiency is impinged on by several factors."
"market efficiency is impinged by several factors."?
Thank you.
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". e. you could say that "X impinges Y").
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- you could say that "X impinges Y").
- q=impinge ), but most seem not to.
- For me it is not a familiar usage.
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I would use "impinged on by ...". "impinged by" would imply that "impinge" can be a transitive verb (i.e. you could say that "X impinges Y"). One dictionary accepts this possibility (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=impinge), but most seem not to. For me it is not a familiar usage.
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