Updated Derby Chances - Prep Recap

[justindew]

Originally Posted by Rare Bog

Ummmm. Definitely not.

Instead of running off to some cute website to double check your stupidity.... try re-reading my post. The word she wanted to use was EFFECT. A result. A consequence. It's not my problem she didn't use it as a noun (a fact also noted at the bottom of my post). Your original issue was with her word choice, not her usage.

Nice try to change your direction midstream. You need a new oar.

Here is the original sentence:

Lehman Brothers is not hiring but I left before the collapse so it didn't really effect me other than the fact that I sold all my stock before it tanked.

"....it didn't really EFFECT me...."

Verb.

Now, here are a bunch of websites showing that the correct word in that situation is AFFECT.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html

http://www.writersblock.ca/tips/monthtip/tipsep99a.htm

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/englis..._as_a_ver.html