Let's get these right, for once!

Thursday, January 14, 2016 Just yesterday, I asked you to analyse the distinction between "ransom" and "ransome"; "impact" and impart". For the first, "ransom" is the word meaning the money paid to rescue someone kidnapped or so. Sorry, there is no such word as "ransome" in the English lexis. It's just in the name of persons. Remember the name "Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti". For the second,"impact" can be used as a verb and as a noun, while "impart" is only a verb. Let me treat both as verbs: To "impact" is to affect or make an effect. e.g. His First Class Degree has really impacted his life (not "imparted"). To "impart" is to pass information or knowledge; to convey or lend something. e.g. Teachers are to be praised for imparting many professionals today (not "impacting"). Can you now see for yourself?