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    This is a funny comic. The person it’s “inciting violence” against, Ayn Rand, has been dead for 42 years.

    Put the energy into trying to affect change

    That’s effect change. It starts with an E.

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      Put the energy into trying to affect change

      That’s effect change. It starts with an E.

      From Merriam Webster dictionary

      Affect is usually a verb meaning “to produce an effect upon,” as in “the weather affected his mood.” Effect is usually a noun meaning “a change that results when something is done or happens,” as in “computers have had a huge effect on our lives.”

      It’s with an ‘A’.

      But I’ll be sure to yell at my voice-to-text mode on your behalf, for getting it wrong in your eyes.

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        Keep reading.

        From your source:

        There are, however, a few relatively uncommon exceptions, and these are worth knowing about.

        Effect can be a verb. As a verb, effect generally means “to cause to come into being” or “accomplish.”

        the strike effected change within the company

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          A Few Rare Exceptions

          I’ll go with the version that’s a verb most of the time, and is not the exception to the rule.

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            You’d have to use a different phrase, then. I think it’s easier to just remember that “effect a change” starts with an E, but maybe that’s just because I’ve seen it in print so many times.

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              I mean I showed you the literal dictionary definition. I’m not quite sure why you’re still trying to bend things in the opposite direction. At this point I think we’ve discussed this enough.

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                  And I showed you how you were wrong in your own source, and you’re still arguing.

                  What you showed me was a rare exception that didn’t cover my use case.