Affect and Effect

rogersgeorge on April 6th, 2019

I don’t run into this error very often, except in places that want to correct your grammar. And sometimes in a high school student’s homework.

It’s in the middle panel in the second line. (Little bit of cynicism in the title panel…)

Luann Againn Comic Strip for January 27, 2019 — https://www.gocomics.com/luann-againn/2019/01/27

I don’t need to tell you how to do it right, do I?

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3 Responses to “Affect and Effect”

VykkiApril 12th, 2019 at 2:18 pm

There are a few tricky uses, though, as xkcd has pointed out.
rogersgeorgeApril 12th, 2019 at 2:22 pm

Ah, yes. I know the comic.

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