Having an impact on someone

Posted by Pak Guru on March 21st, 2016 | 5 responses | collocation, dampak, IELTS, speaking, vocabulary, writing

Passive smoking brings negative impact for people who do not smoke.

 This is a collocation problem for Indonesians translating “..membawa dampak negatif untuk..”
In English the collocation is:

• Passive smoking has a negative impact on people who do not smoke.

Note! s.th./s.o. has + an impact + on + s.th./s.o. 
Using the correct collocation will have a very positive impact on your IELTS score for vocabulary in both speaking and writing!
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5 responses to “Having an impact on someone”

1. Irham Rapy says:

   September 30, 2017 at 12:44 am

   You have an impact on me, Pak Guru.. 🙂

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2. RistaNarinta says:

   March 23, 2016 at 5:16 am

   What is s.th/S.o @eapguru?

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   • PG says:

     March 23, 2016 at 6:00 am

     s.th. something, s.o. someone 😉

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     • RistaNarinta says:

       March 30, 2016 at 1:06 am

       Someone like you? Haha sorry @eapguru!

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       • PG says:

         March 30, 2016 at 2:08 am

         Exactly! 😉

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