• @zarkanian
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    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

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      4 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.

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        -14 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.

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          14 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.

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

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              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.