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To: decimon
My third grade English Teacher would slap those Marine PHDs on the wrist for using

AFFECT!

1 archaic : to aim at

2 a archaic : to have affection for b : to be given to : fancy

3 : to make a display of liking or using : cultivate

4 : to put on a pretense of : feign

5 : to tend toward

EFFECT:1 a : purport, intent b : basic meaning : essence

2 : something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent)

3 : an outward sign : appearance

4 : accomplishment, fulfillment

5 : power to bring about a result : influence

6 plural : movable property : goods

7 a : a distinctive impression b : the creation of a desired impression c (1) : something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression —usually used in plural (2) plural : special effects

8 : the quality or state of being operative : operation

4 posted on 06/09/2010 12:12:54 PM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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To: Young Werther

Fail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect


7 posted on 06/09/2010 12:43:50 PM PDT by Misterioso
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To: Young Werther

Their real different than each other.


22 posted on 06/10/2010 7:11:59 AM PDT by ThanhPhero (di tray hoi den La Vang)
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