Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest

msnbc.com ^ | 01/25/2012 | Elizabeth Chuck

[Nifster]

affect [v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt]   Origin af·fect 1    /v. əˈfɛkt; n. ˈæfɛkt/ Show Spelled[v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt] Show IPA verb (used with object) 1. to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops. 2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. 3. (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of. effect [ih-fekt]   Origin ef·fect    /ɪˈfɛkt/ Show Spelled[ih-fekt] Show IPA noun 1. something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. 2. power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. 3. the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect. 4. a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech. 5. meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I don’t get it. You used “effected” as a verb but you posted the noun definition.

Effect can be a verb meaning to cause to happen or bring into being or effect (noun 3). But the context of your usage could only have been meant as “affected”.

The distinction between affect and effect is one of the most misunderstood in the English language.

[Fresh Wind]

Thrown in jail without the formality of a trial?

That’s legal now, thanks to both DemocRats and Rethuglicans in Congress, but most of all, Baraq Hussein Obomba, mmmmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmm.