can the subject of a sentence related to "have an impact on " be a person?
e.g, " Mr. Smith has a profound impact on the field where he is exploring." Is this sentence proper in terms of grammar?

Question

can the subject of a sentence related to "have an impact on " be a person?
e.g,    " Mr. Smith has a profound impact on the field where he is exploring."  Is this sentence proper in terms of grammar?

Answer

Mr Smith has profound impact in his field of work.

Yep, Cherry is right. Follow the teachers, they don't go wrong :)))

Answer

Yes, the subject can be a person. 

However in this context there are other variations to use : 

"Mr. Smith has a profound impact IN his field of expertise." 

or 

'Mr. Smith's studies has a profound impact ON his field of expertiese." 

"Mr Smith has a profound impact ON his students."

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