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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

effect or affect

0I have two statements I am tring to say 02br
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001) 'Skills Shortages and the effect they are having in the North East Housing Industry'02br
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002) 'skills shortages within the housing industry are directly effecting the demand on housing input in the North East'02br
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00is the use off effect correct??02br
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00Thanks02br
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00Gary0-
  

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0 2: "Effect" is not transitive in this meaning. Use "affect" istead. 0-

— Ant_222

  • 0 2: "Effect" is not transitive in this meaning.
  • Use "affect" istead.
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0 2: "Effect" is not transitive in this meaning. Use "affect" istead. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I have two statements I am tring to say 12br
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0 «In # 2 "effecting" should be changed to "affecting". Effect is a noun, and [affect] is a verb.»02br
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00I said the same but is it true that "effect" cannot be a verb?02br
00«The most skilful chemists have hitherto failed to 01i00effect02i00 such decomposition»02br
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00It can be a verb, though with a meaning diffe
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0Hi Ant-22202br
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00Based on my understanding and verifification with Merriam Webster, [effect] can only be used as a noun. However, even the English experts have opposing views on the word [effect].02br
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0 01b00effect02b00 01font00can02font00 be used as a verb. See in the M-W dictionary:02br
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00 Select/click 01i00effect, [202i00, 01i00transitive verb]02i00 in the (drop-down) selection list. 02br
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0 I call it my 99% rule.02br
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00 99% of the time 01i00effect02i00 is a noun and 01i00affect02i00 is a verb (have an effect on, influence).02br
00 Only one in a hundred cases where the question is "Should I use 01i00affect02i00 or 01i00effect02i00?" requires more than
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