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yes, it should be that simple.
this (below) is perhaps why i have been confused about it at times.
Rare Uses of Affect and Effect
So what about those rare meanings that don't follow the rules I just gave you? Well, affect can be used as a noun when you're talking about psychology--it means the mood that someone appears to have. For example, "She displayed a happy affect." Psychologists find it useful because they know that you can never really understand what someone else is feeling. You can only know how they appear to be feeling.
And, effect can be used as a verb that essentially means "to bring about," or "to accomplish." For example, you could say, "Aardvark hoped to effect change within the burrow."
Over-exaggerated came to mind as a very irritating word; I was initially going to say Irregardless, but that was already posted... Affect/ Effect are also troublesome for me. I just try to avoid them both.
My vote is for it's when used as a possessive instead of the correct its.
The cat is happy because its food bowl is full. It's a happy cat.
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Originally Posted by linicx
What do you think is the most misused word?
In my humble opinion the word is 'have' because it is past tense and too often paired incorrectly with a second past tense word. Some examples, I have been (I was}, I have seen (I saw), I have done (I did), I have written (I wrote).
It's not limited to any one phrase, but I really find it grating when folks online try to mimic the casual, jargon-filled, disrespectful speech that is so popular today. Speech like: 'Um, yeah... like, I know, that's the dealio on how we talk, cuz, it's all good y'kno... Not like u old folks...'
And then they get offended when you can't understand their point or if you ask them to speak intelligibly.
irregardless !
well, it's not a misused word ... it's just not a word ... correction - i googled it and apparently it is a word but in my opinion it should not be.
i don't understand why anyone would use it in light of the fact that the word regardless exists! irregardless - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
I believe it gets confused with "irrespective."
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it's and its
