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Pb03 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Have an effect on / affect
Hi guys,
The two sentences below have a difference, the parts underlined.
I'm wondering whether they mean same thing or not.
If there is some difference, even though it is very small, would you comment some here?
(To me they seem to be same but there seems to be different opinion...so...)
Thank you~
pb
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Professional writers realize that they cannot hope to have an effect on the reader precisely as they wish without care and practice in the use of words.
Professional writers realize that they cannot hope to affect the reader precisely as they wish without care and practice in the use of words.
The two sentences below have a difference, the parts underlined.
I'm wondering whether they mean same thing or not.
If there is some difference, even though it is very small, would you comment some here?
(To me they seem to be same but there seems to be different opinion...so...)
Thank you~
pb
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Professional writers realize that they cannot hope to have an effect on the reader precisely as they wish without care and practice in the use of words.
Professional writers realize that they cannot hope to affect the reader precisely as they wish without care and practice in the use of words.
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Hi. com/browse/affect Here goes the citation. As a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.
- Hi.
- com/browse/affect Here goes the citation.
- As a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.
- So, I go along with it and I can say your sentences convey the same thing.
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Hi.
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/affect
Here goes the citation. As a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.
So, I go along with it and I can say your sentences conve
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/affect
Here goes the citation. As a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.
So, I go along with it and I can say your sentences conve
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Hi,
I would say 'to have an effect on' and to 'affect' have the same meaning in your sentences. Can you give us an example of the 'different opinion'?
Maybe 'to have an effect on' is more emphatic because it is longer than 'affect' and takes more effort to say. Writing is a lot like art. It is in the eye [ear?] of the beholder.
Best wishes,
TrysB
I would say 'to have an effect on' and to 'affect' have the same meaning in your sentences. Can you give us an example of the 'different opinion'?
Maybe 'to have an effect on' is more emphatic because it is longer than 'affect' and takes more effort to say. Writing is a lot like art. It is in the eye [ear?] of the beholder.
Best wishes,
TrysB
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It is in the eye [ear?] of the beholder.
Absolutely!– and both, indeed, Trys. Good observation. But to me the simple 'affect' is that much more simple, direct, and therefore emphatic.
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Pb03I'm wondering whether they mean same thing or not.They mean the same thing. Yes. Definitely.
CJ
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