Re: Affect and Effect

Subject: Re: Affect and Effect
From: "Roger L. Boyell" <boyell -at- ieee -dot- org>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:35:31 +0000

Matt --

To effect is to make something happen; that is probably not your intended meaning.

To affect is to influence (in modernspeak, to impact) something. Is this the intended interpretation?

Roger L. Boyell www.boyell.com

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Matt Floyd wrote:

Minor Debate: which is correct-

"Canceling an item in the box will effect the block utilization percentage."

Canceling an item in the box will affect block utilization percentage."

Anyone?

Matt Floyd



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