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affect

• dzamo_norton 10y ago
  effect
• isbadawi 10y ago
  Effect is correct here.
• chowells 10y ago
  Because 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 ago
    Mary 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 ago
      I 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.