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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

To bear on to affect

Hi !

please correct the following sentences:

" these changes are going to have an affect on the final price"

" these changes will have an affect on the final price"

" these changes will bear on the final price"

Are these sentences OK?

Thanks

Pamela
  

Top answer

"T hese changes are going to have an e ffect on the final price . " - OK "T hese changes will have an e ffect on the final price . " - OK.

— CalifJim

  • "T hese changes are going to have an e ffect on the final price .
  • " - OK "T hese changes will have an e ffect on the final price .
  • " - OK.
  • No space after opening quote.
  • Write "These" - not " These".
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"These changes are going to have an effect on the final price." - OK
"These changes will have an effect on the final price." - OK.
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Hi Jim!

hey ...do you mean I should not leave a space between " and the following word?

To affect is a verb OK

An Effect is noun OK

When then I can use to bear on?

thanks

Pamela
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Pamela81hey
Straw is cheaper.

Pamela81do you mean I should not leave a space between " and the following word?
Yes.

Pamela81When then I can use to bear on?
Good question. I don't think I use 'bear on'. I use bearing on, meaning 'connection to', like this:
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I´m sorry Jim but I do not understand what do you mean by "straw is cheaper" my dictionary is not that good :-(

OK. Please give me at least one example for to bear on

Thanks a lot

Pamela
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Sorry. It's a sort of private joke. Growing up as a child I would try to get people's attention by saying "Hey!" My family thought this was rude. ("hey" is pronounced the same as "hay", which will be in your dictionary. It's straw.) To discourage me from saying "Hey!" when addressing people, they used to say "Straw is cheaper", which is total nonsense, but had the desired effect.

I
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haha thanks for the explaination Emotion: big smile I did not intend to be rude, but maybe in english this "hey" is not that polite :-) so maybe b
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Pamela81so maybe better: "dear Jim"....?
It's not necessary to start with any form of address in the forum format. Just start with your question. In a letter (and almost no one writes letters anymore these days) you would start with "Dear Jim," but not in an on-line forum. "Good morning", "Hey", "Hi", and "Hello" are also completely unnecessary. That's my
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Pamela81I think it does not work with the sense I needed to give to my sentence.
Let me give you an easy way to sound more like an English speaker.
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Pamela81To affect is a verb OK
An Effect is noun OK
Pamela
Unfortunately this isn't universally true. For example, you can effect a change (effect used as a verb), and someone can have a flat affect (affect used as a noun).
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