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Grammar for something belonging to "her" and "others"

English Language & Usage Asked on June 1, 2021

"I also felt an urgent need to be able to do more to directly impact her and others’ lives during…"

Is the bolded part grammatically correct? Should it be "her and others’ life" ? Do I need to break it up and say "her life and the lives of others" ?

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It's a harsh world. I had a +1 but ah! it was cruelly snatched away! It was Lexico who said that use of 'impact' was often avoided. I think the same might be said of split infs, don't you? When speaking, do you split them? Do you split them without noticing?

Answered by Old Brixtonian on June 1, 2021

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