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