Emerald@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoI really do want to know thoughlemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down18
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageI really do want to know thoughlemmy.worldEmerald@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months ago But yeah, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. Unless you are effecting a change :)
minus-squaresp3tr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIf you mean that you are having an effect on said change… oh god maybe that’s actually correct? If you are affecting (a) change, that would mean you are basically causing change. But if you are effecting change, said change would have to have been previously established or referenced. I think??? English is a goddamned shit-show sometimes. Anyway, we should bring back the interrobang, and the thorne, and also I actually love the Oxford comma even though the AP style guide hates it.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s the other way around! Effecting a change means causing it, whereas affecting a change would be having some effect on an existing change.
Unless you are effecting a change :)
If you mean that you are having an effect on said change… oh god maybe that’s actually correct?
If you are affecting (a) change, that would mean you are basically causing change.
But if you are effecting change, said change would have to have been previously established or referenced.
I think???
English is a goddamned shit-show sometimes.
Anyway, we should bring back the interrobang, and the thorne, and also I actually love the Oxford comma even though the AP style guide hates it.
It’s the other way around! Effecting a change means causing it, whereas affecting a change would be having some effect on an existing change.