Showing posts with label Art Library Writing punctuation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art Library Writing punctuation. Show all posts

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The misunderstood comma

“The misunderstood comma” November 22, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/ycmfuhb

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Commas are probably the most misunderstood of all punctuation. They frequently dress in black, listen to sad music, and cut themselves.

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Friday, August 25, 2000

Learn the Difference Between AFFECT and EFFECT

August 25, 2000

Learn the Difference Between AFFECT and EFFECT

by Tina Blue August 11, 2000

Confusion between the words affect and effect is so common that I almost never see either of the words used correctly. Since I read anything that doesn't move fast enough to get away from me, and since I read hundreds of essays by college students each semester, I have reason to believe that this error is not just a misspelling, but an actual misapprehension of the two words and how they are used.

Generally speaking, affect is a verb and effect is a noun. When you affect something, you produce an effect on it. Even in the passive voice, something would be affected, not effected.

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Read Ms. Blue’s entire article and see what effect it has on you: Learn the Difference Between AFFECT and EFFECT

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http://grammartips.homestead.com/affect.html

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