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  • @Psythik
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    341 month ago

    Affected*. I don’t think special effects are involved.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      effect verb

      1 : to cause to come into being

      2 a : to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : accomplish effect a settlement of a dispute

      b : to put into operation

      Effect is a perfectly fine verb. It’s wrong in this case, but it doesn’t imply the use of special effects.

      • @Psythik
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        1 month ago

        I understand that but I wasn’t about to go full English teacher on people. Maybe it’s condescending, but when speaking in public or online, I prefer to explain things in a simplified way that the general public can understand. My girlfriend likes to accuse me of mansplaining; I won’t argue that it is an incorrect assessment.

        • Captain Aggravated
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          129 days ago

          “Affect” is a word we can deprecate because all it’s for is umm actuallying. It goes in the same box as “inflammable” and “cleanse”.

      • @[email protected]
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        230 days ago

        I’ve gotten really good with the weird grammar rules and exceptions, all of the “there, their, they’re” situations, etc. in English, but effect/affect is one that I always second guess myself on for some reason.

    • @taiyang
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      31 month ago

      You say that but I added after effects to the money shot. (It’s confetti).