To: Nadd
Affect as a verb means to influence, effect as a verb means to accomplish a goal, e.g. "effect a change".
Effect as a noun is what you think it is, affect as a noun is a psychological term.
Even educated and literate people can make this common mistake, but still, it's always fun to see the pretentious hoisted on their own petard.
12 posted on
10/16/2006 6:21:05 PM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The hallmark of a crackpot conspiracy theory is that it expands to include countervailing evidence.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I'm a lot more irritated about when I do it. Tonight I posted a "you're" in the place of "your".
15 posted on
10/16/2006 6:28:54 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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