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Alexander25 Posted 20 years ago
This is the message I got from Microsoft after my PC was updated: "You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect." Shouldn't they have used affect? Has this multi-billion dollar corporation sent a grammatically incorrect sentence to millions of customers?
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This is the message I got from Microsoft after my PC was updated: "You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect." Shouldn't they have used affect? Has this multi-billion dollar corporation sent a grammatically incorrect sentence to millions of customers?
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No, they have not. There are many threads here about affect and effect, but the phrase "to take effect" is correct. "
- No, they have not.
- There are many threads here about affect and effect, but the phrase "to take effect" is correct.
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No, they have not.
There are many threads here about affect and effect, but the phrase "to take effect" is correct.
effect with the meaning "the quality or state of being operative."
There are many threads here about affect and effect, but the phrase "to take effect" is correct.
effect with the meaning "the quality or state of being operative."
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Alexander25
This is the message I got from Microsoft after my PC was updated: "You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect." Shouldn't they have used affect? Has this multi-billion dollar corporation sent a grammatically incorrect sentence to millions of customers?
The word 'effect' in the sentence is a noun, so '...take effect' is corr
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J LewisI would add that "affect" is only a verb.The noun version exists here, but seems obsolete or specialized:
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af·fect
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: Latin affectus disposition, affection, desire, from affectus, past participle of afficere
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