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> There ain't no such thing as a prestige dialect in English. I sincerely hope this is sarcasm. > In all of them, "affect change" is just plain wrong. Cite?
by derleth 13y ago
> There ain't no such thing as a prestige dialect in English.
I sincerely hope this is sarcasm.
> In all of them, "affect change" is just plain wrong.
Cite?
- Kaizyn 13y agoHello derleth: "Effect. As noun, means result; as verb, means to bring about, accomplish (not to be confused with affect, which means "to influence")." http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html Affect vs. Effect: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sullivan/CommonWritingErrors.html#Affect_vs._Effect_ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sullivan/CommonWritingErrors.html#...
- derleth 13y agoThose sources don't define correctness. Especially Strunk and White, which is pretty well debunked at this point: http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003463.php http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003463.php
- Kaizyn 13y agoSorry, derleth. It's not a matter of someone defining correct usage. It's simply a matter of looking at the dictionary definitions of the words 'affect' and 'effect'. Affect simply means to influence while effect means to bring about.