• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    effect […] wars

    Do you mean

    • affect, as in to cause a change to; or
    • effect, like “effect a limp”
    • PlantJam@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Despite repeated efforts, I still don’t confidently understand the difference or usage between these two. This minimally affects impacts my writing, though, since I just choose different words instead.