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#1 (permalink) Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:46 pm Affect or effect?

Mister Micawber wrote:

Driver in biz-speak = impetus. Also: 'An aspect of a business that effects a change on another aspect of the business. A driver is most commonly a factor that contributes to the growth of a particular business.'
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Is this some special use of the word effect or just a typo??

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#2 (permalink) Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:58 pm Affect/effect

Hi Tom,

As you probably know affect is mainly a verb in the sense of having an influence on:

The sort of climate in a country affects the way people live.

Effect can be both noun:

Hot weather has an effect on some people and makes them feel tired and sleepy

and also a verb:

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An aspect of a business that effects a change on another aspect of the business

. as you have shown in your quotation. This not a typing mistake because the verb effect here has the sense of put into practice/carry out/complete. From that we also get effective, the adjective meaning creating the right result.

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