WNW: Reader Peeves
More Word Nerd Wednesday fun from reader comments and e-mails. On tap today:
Alyson of New England Living mentioned a constantly confused word pair:
Affect/Effect
One of these words in a verb, and the other is (almost always) a noun. In a handful of cases it's a verb, but usually in formal situations, so probably not when you're writing a blog or a novel.
AFFECT is a verb. In other words, it implies an ACTION. Use that as your mnemonic device: they both begin with A: AFFECT mean ACTION.
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Alyson of New England Living mentioned a constantly confused word pair:
Affect/Effect
One of these words in a verb, and the other is (almost always) a noun. In a handful of cases it's a verb, but usually in formal situations, so probably not when you're writing a blog or a novel.
AFFECT is a verb. In other words, it implies an ACTION. Use that as your mnemonic device: they both begin with A: AFFECT mean ACTION.
Examples:span
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