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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Affect or Effect

Do you say you would like to effect a change in the council.

Or do you say you would like to affect a change in the council?
  

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It is "Do you like to effect a change in the council?"
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AnonymousDo you say ... ?
Say I would like to effect a change ....

"change" is the most commonly seen direct object of the verb "effect". In almost all other cases, "effect" is a noun, and "affect" is a verb.

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