Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Affect/Effect
0 Hello! I have a small issue with a sentence here, concerning the use of affect/effect. I'm pretty good with grammar, I've always been the guy everyone gave their papers to to read over, and of those papers, few to none have had any grammatical errors when I got done reading over it. That said, affect/effect is usually one I can pick out easily (due to how often it's misused), but this one is even stumping me. 02 br
00 The sentence reads like this (not exact, just trying to replicate the use of the word): 02 br
00 "To effect change, we must consider alternative solutions." 02 br
00 Personally, I think it should be "affect", but I've got someone on my back to change it. Which way is correct here? 0-
00 The sentence reads like this (not exact, just trying to replicate the use of the word): 02 br
00 "To effect change, we must consider alternative solutions." 02 br
00 Personally, I think it should be "affect", but I've got someone on my back to change it. Which way is correct here? 0-
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0 Sometimes "effect" can be used as a verb if you mean "bring about a change". 0-
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0 I would use "effect" a change - it means to cause a change. On the other hand, to "affect a change" means to influence - to modify something that has been already changed 0-
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0 'Effect' means 'to carry out'. Hence, you should say 'Effect change ...' 0-
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0 Yes, "to effect change" is the perfect example of the rare instance in which it's correct to use "effect" as a verb. 0-
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 "To effect change, we must consider alternative solutions." 12 blockquote10 Correct as written in the quote box above. Paradoxically, the correct use of 01 i 00 effect 02 i 00 as a verb is when it means 01 i 00 cause 02 i 00 !!! 05 0 02 br
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