• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Keep reading.

    From your source:

    There are, however, a few relatively uncommon exceptions, and these are worth knowing about.

    Effect can be a verb. As a verb, effect generally means “to cause to come into being” or “accomplish.”

    the strike effected change within the company

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      A Few Rare Exceptions

      I’ll go with the version that’s a verb most of the time, and is not the exception to the rule.

      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        You’d have to use a different phrase, then. I think it’s easier to just remember that “effect a change” starts with an E, but maybe that’s just because I’ve seen it in print so many times.

        • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          I mean I showed you the literal dictionary definition. I’m not quite sure why you’re still trying to bend things in the opposite direction. At this point I think we’ve discussed this enough.

            • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              And I showed you how you were wrong in your own source, and you’re still arguing.

              What you showed me was a rare exception that didn’t cover my use case.