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> effected. Just FYI, this should be affected. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/affect-vs-effect-usage-difference https://www.merriam-webster.com
by Nekhrimah 4y ago
> effected.
Just FYI, this should be affected.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/affect-vs-effect-usage-difference https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/affect-vs-effe...
- heavyset_go 4y agoThis drives me nuts because 'affect' as a verb means something closer to causing an 'effect', while 'affect' as a noun doesn't. Because of that, on the surface, it feels like 'effect' as verb would make more sense than 'affect' when describing the action of causing an effect on something.
- bee_rider 4y agoIn a language full of stupid footguns, affect/effect has got to be one of the worst.
- mwcremer 4y agoYour right, its definately a loosing battle.
- andrewinardeer 4y agoDid you do that on purpose?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- dredmorbius 4y agoFor all in tents and porpises, surly yes.
- bee_rider 4y agoShould have gone with "intensive purposes," it would be plausible enough to continue the confusion.
- dredmorbius 4y agoEggsalad pointe!
- throwaway5959 4y agoI groaned out-loud at this. Bravo. :)
- noir_lord 4y agoAgreed, defiantly a loosing battle.
- copperx 4y agoBut they're pronounced very differently! I can understand the confusion with their/they're. This one? Not so much.
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoI think that depends on dialect.
- bee_rider 4y agoAnecdotally, I pronounce them the same way and have never heard anyone making much of a distinction (northeastern US), with the exception of the rarely used "to put on appearances" ("Dude, this intellectual affect is too much, stop it with the scarves!") which I'd generally put more of a distinct "a" sound at the front.
- collaborative 4y agoThe origin of both words is Latin, but they only sound similar in English. The a/e has a clear phonic difference in Latin which clears the confusion
- jamesgreenleaf 4y agoThe old trajectory was affected, but the new trajectory was effected. https://xkcd.com/326/ https://xkcd.com/326/
- j_crick 4y agoYou chose to pick at _effected_ instead of _it’s_ that should be _its_? Might be more picky about your grammar pick targets next time :)