Inggris Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Grammatical error
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" ............... You are absolutely right to be suspicious, Margaret. This email is the work of a scammer – and a sophisticated one at that, despite the grammatical error by using the word “effected” rather than “affected”. ......................"
Is that "error" considered as "grammatical"?
" ............... You are absolutely right to be suspicious, Margaret. This email is the work of a scammer – and a sophisticated one at that, despite the grammatical error by using the word “effected” rather than “affected”. ......................"
Is that "error" considered as "grammatical"?
Top answer
The difference is only in meaning, and there is no a grammatical error because both 'affect' and 'effect' can be used as verbs.
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The difference is only in meaning, and there is no a grammatical error because both 'affect' and 'effect' can be used as verbs.
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Technically, it is a vocabulary error. We generally think of "affect" as a verb and "effect" as a verb, but there is a use of "effect" as a verb, so I would hesitate to say that the error is grammatical. You have a point. The problem is word choice.
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inggrisdespite the grammatical error (made) by using the word “effected” rather than “affected”."made" or "committed" or "created" is left out. It is perhaps a little sloppy, but the resulting sentence is still understandable.
The use of "error" is just as good and correct as "mistake" if that's what you're asking about.
"grammatical error"
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