Editing 326: Effect an Effect
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | ''Affect'' is usually used to mean "to influence". ''Effect'' is usually used to mean "an influence". ''Affect'' is a verb while ''effect'' is a noun. However, in this instance the word "effect" is used to mean its second definition: to have the power to influence. The grammar nazi doesn't realize that [[Cueball]] is using the second definition, and he changes it to the verb "affect". | |
− | + | Both "effect" and "affect" would make the sentence grammatically correct, although the meaning would differ. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :Narrator: MY HOBBY: |
− | :Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar | + | :Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar nazis. |
:Cueball: I think that our foreign policy effects the situation. | :Cueball: I think that our foreign policy effects the situation. | ||
− | : | + | :Computer [types]: You mean "affects". |
:Cueball: tee hee hee | :Cueball: tee hee hee | ||