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The name (or title) drop might effect appropriate urgency, seems legit. Edit: Don't downvote people trying to help me improve my english. :(
by ben0x539 10y ago
The name (or title) drop might effect appropriate urgency, seems legit.
Edit: Don't downvote people trying to help me improve my english. :(
- MrF3ynmann 10y agoaffect
- dzamo_norton 10y agoeffect
- isbadawi 10y agoEffect is correct here.
- chowells 10y agoBecause the other comment didn't spell it out: effect is correct there. Effect as a verb means something like "to cause to happen". Don't pretend effect/affect is just a noun/verb split. Both words have meanings as both verbs and nouns. It's best to just learn both meanings of each instead of following some rule that's wrong a fair amount of time.
- tyre 10y agoMary Norris, copy editor at the New Yorker, has a wonderful short video on this: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/comma-queen-affect-vs-effect http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/comma-queen-af...
- monktastic1 10y agoI don't care if Jesus, director of grammar in heaven said this.... Just kidding.
- hogrammer 10y ago@dang -- please remove this parent comment. It's wrong.
- tedmiston 10y agoYour usage is actually correct. Which is great, considering many native English speakers get this one wrong. The heuristic we hear in school is something like "use 'affect' as a verb and 'effect' as a noun," which like many grammar heuristics is of course an oversimplification of reality. Usage of effect as a verb isn't super common in general conversation by native English speakers whereas I think most might choose to say something like "establish authority" instead in this case, but still your intention is still clear.