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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•24 days 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-square@FooBarringtonlink2•24 days 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.
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.