Effects on college towns...

[The Usual Suspect]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...oronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB14a3rs?ocid=msedgdhp

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

*affects

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...oronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB14a3rs?ocid=msedgdhp

sorry i'm ocd that way

 

[patdog]

It’s actually effects. The virus affects towns. The effects of the virus on the towns are ...

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

It’s actually effects. The virus affects towns. The effects of the virus on the towns are ...

i thought it needed an adjective in front to be "effect"

 

[JungRebel]

Affect is a verb, except for its use in a somewhat technical psychological sense.

 

[BriantheDawg]

Effect = noun. Affect = verb. /grammarpolice

 

[JungRebel]

"Praise the grammar police
Set me up with your niece
Walk to Baltimore
And keep the language off the streets."

-Grammarian extraordinaire Stephen Malkmus

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

sorry i'm ocd that way

Ouch

 

[RocketDawg]

Effect = noun. Affect = verb. /grammarpolice

Effect can be a verb. For instance, you can effect change on something by your actions (where "effect" means "cause to happen").

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

I think I understand.... Let me try to make a parallel comparison.

If I wake up with morning with wood, that is an erection. If I decide to play with it and make it hard it would be an arection.

 

[DAWG61]

Grammar Nazi and thread hijacker all with one word. I'm empressed.

 

[mcdawg22]

It’s spelled fx sorry I’m OCD that way.

 

[jb1020]

When you aren’t sure if it’s effect or affect

Just use “impact”

 

[Shamoan]

I empathize with the small businesses in Starkville, but if any good comes from this, it’s going to be the appreciation of what the University does for Starkville.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Effect = noun. Affect = verb. /grammarpolice

"Effect" can also be a verb, but not as a synonym for "affect." For example, to effect change.