Here's how I would rewrite your post: "I noticed a typo -- <phrase containing the word 'affect'> should be <phrase containing the word 'effect'> instead. And s

Here's how I would rewrite your post: "I noticed a typo -- <phrase containing the word 'affect'> should be <phrase containing the word 'effect'> instead. And since I'm not being a smartass, I don't have to go through all the trouble of citing <link to Muphry's law>. Yay!"