• odelik@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Effect vs affect: Use ‘impact’ instead of having to worry about two words that essentially mean the same thing but are context based.

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      22 hours ago

      They don’t mean the same thing. Effect means to actively change something. Affect means to have passively receive a change.

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        20 hours ago

        Yes, hence the second part of the sentence.

        Unless you need to use the precise word for communicating the “context difference”, just use the word impact(ed/ing/s). Makes it a lot easier for ESL speakers as well.

        Even then, most people can understand the meaning of the misused word due to the context of what’s being discussed anyways.