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To: cf_river_rat
Effected is a verb, and correct in this context. Affected is an adjective.

So he should have used effected rather then affected?

Before your cranial arteries blow out, the grammatical abomination above is my pet peeve. Then is a time, than is a choice. How much more effing simple than that can you get? I've seen that "typo" in over a hundred places and counting now, including major publications.

23 posted on 01/01/2007 6:19:28 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Hey! What happened to my tagline?)
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To: Hardastarboard

Two spelling abominations bother me:

there, their, they're (these are seen often on FR)

and probably the most misspelled words of all:

it's its


37 posted on 01/01/2007 8:18:17 AM PST by OldPossum
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