• WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    This is one of my pet peeve misspellings, so I apologize but I can’t help myself. It’s impossible to “effect” anything as it’s only ever a noun. Effects are the result of someone affecting something. For instance, someone can affect a justice, the effect being that they hold sway over the daily lives of many Americans despite the absence of credentials.

    I don’t believe any of their spouses set out to do so when they married them but they certainly do so to the detriment of humanity at large, and that’s bad enough.

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      5 months ago

      I’m sorry but you’re wrong: effect can be used to mean to cause something to happen. This is different from affect’s verb form, which is to influence something.

      Affect also has a noun form, if you’re curious. This duality of effect and affect having both noun and verb forms, even though each has a more popular common usage, is a common thing to misunderstand.

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        5 months ago

        The verb effect goes beyond mere influence; it refers to actual achievement of a final result. the new administration hopes to effect a peace settlement. The uncommon noun “affect,” which has a meaning relating to psychology, is also sometimes mistakenly used for the very common “effect.”

        TIL