The word should be “effect”, not “affect”. To bring into being, not to act upon.
From: https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/affect_effect.htm
"Effect is sometimes, though not often, used as a verb, meaning "to cause." An example that Towson gives is: "The speaker wanted to effect change in the system." This example's structure/use is similar to the one in question.
Thanks for the correction. Now if we can only get Jim to give us post-post edit capability. LOL!
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