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Old March 1, 2002, 02:24   #31
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how about these?

Effect:
verb -> to cause
noun -> result of cause

Affect:
verb -> to influence
noun -> In ordinary daily language, it's not a noun. But technically, it's the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes (Merriam-Webster).

Correct usage in sentences:

He intends to effect a change to his vocabulary.
What is the effect of using words improperly?
Our usage of words is affected by our upbringing.
Reading this will affect her use of the two words.

There are more meanings to the above two terms, but they do not affect the current discussion.
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Old March 10, 2002, 01:19   #32
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It is tweak, not "tweek".
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And as George Bernard Shaw would say, 'It's ghoti, and not fish.'

Why? Because it's the 'gh' sound from 'enough'= 'f'

It's the 'o' sound from 'women'= 'i'

and the 'ti' sound from 'station'= 'sh'.

Just let's all be grateful the game wasn't devised in Erse or Scots Gaelic. Or indeed, Welsh, for that matter....
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