Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > North Carolina
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 08-23-2021, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
3,674 posts, read 3,967,612 times
Reputation: 4375

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by getatag View Post
The Moon effects tides, meteors must effect something. Oh gosh, do I see a taxpayer funded government study coming?????
Hope not because clearly more money is needed for education…

To teach when to use “affect”, “effect” and the one instance that seems to go against the rules….as in a move that resulted in an overhaul of a whole system….”to effect change”.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 08-23-2021, 05:52 PM
 
Location: NC
5,487 posts, read 6,140,637 times
Reputation: 9348
Quote:
Originally Posted by architect77 View Post
Hope not because clearly more money is needed for education…

To teach when to use “affect”, “effect” and the one instance that seems to go against the rules….as in a move that resulted in an overhaul of a whole system….”to effect change”.
I was educated in Joisey and have been trying to rectify it all my life, thanks for the lesson.


effect, affect
then, than
farther, further
and I'm sure a few others

Always trips me up, yet never stood in the way of me making a decent living. I guess I never bothered to learn it because everyone does it.
Isn't that what we always said to our parents when caught on the wrong side of an issue?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-23-2021, 07:29 PM
 
878 posts, read 1,028,333 times
Reputation: 1926
Quote:
Originally Posted by getatag View Post
I was educated in Joisey and have been trying to rectify it all my life, thanks for the lesson.


effect, affect
then, than
farther, further
and I'm sure a few others

Always trips me up, yet never stood in the way of me making a decent living. I guess I never bothered to learn it because everyone does it.
Isn't that what we always said to our parents when caught on the wrong side of an issue?
Ah, they're their, know problem!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:




Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > North Carolina
Similar Threads
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:44 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top