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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | "Affect" usually means ''to influence''. "Effect" usually means ''an influence''. However, effect can also be a verb, meaning ''to have the power to influence''. Both "effect" and "affect" would thus make a correct sentence, but with different meanings. | |
− | + | The grammar [[261: Regarding Mussolini|nazi]] doesn't realize that [[Cueball]] knows his grammar, and tries to correct him. | |
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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 | ||