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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2019 14:04:23 GMT -5
When to use whom throws me. Mostly you can ignore that one. "Whom" is pretty nearly gone from actual in-use American English, and only remains as a marker to prove that you learned it in school. (It's used when referring to the object of the sentence. "Who did what to whom?" Who is the subject, the one who is doing something. Whom is the object, the one that something is being done to.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:06:59 GMT -5
Affect, effect 🤷‍♀️ I find another word when I need to use affected or effected. When to use whom throws me. Affect is what happens to something. He was affected by her misbehavior. Effect is what causes something. Her misbehavior effected his rampage. Although a lot of people hate effect as a verb.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:09:42 GMT -5
When to use whom throws me. Mostly you can ignore that one. "Whom" is pretty nearly gone from actual in-use American English, and only remains as a marker to prove that you learned it in school. You use whom when you would use him or her. You gave it to whom. Not, you gave it to who. People make the same mistake with you and me v. you and I. She gave it to you and me, not she gave it to you and I. Just take out the "you." Would she gave it to I make sense? Song lyrics constantly get this wrong, for a lousy rhyme. I hate it.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 15, 2019 14:09:52 GMT -5
I just reread my posts above and I can't believe I was quite reasonable. (I didn't read anyone else's stupid posts.)
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2019 14:09:54 GMT -5
They can both be verbs. When you "affect" something, you influence it, change it, modify it. When you "effect" something, you create it, make it happen.
Effect is more often used as a noun, however. Affect is never a noun.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:11:13 GMT -5
I struggle with apostrophes. Or is it apostrophe's? Or apostrophies? Coaches and coach's throws me. I know I learned it - 4th grade I think. Misuse of their, there, and they're drive me nuts. And your and you're. Apostrophes show possession. Yes, people use them to show plurals, but they are almost always wrong. They also show the absence of a letter, like aren't for are not. They are really easy, imo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:13:20 GMT -5
They can both be verbs. When you "affect" something, you influence it, change it, modify it. When you "effect" something, you create it, make it happen. Effect is more often used as a noun, however. Affect is never a noun. Except when it is, of course.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 15, 2019 14:13:48 GMT -5
The hyphenated apostrophes really kill me. I struggle with those.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:16:05 GMT -5
The hyphenated apostrophes really kill me. I struggle with those. As opposed to apoplectic hyenas, which can literally kill you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:16:39 GMT -5
That v. Which, however. Very difficult.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2019 14:17:27 GMT -5
Apostrophes are really easy, imo. Yes, if you actually understand how they work. When people try to just use them by rote without actually understanding the rule, they fail spectacularly. The only one I have problems with is "it's". Normally, "'s" is used for possession. But when you show that "it" possesses something, you don't use the apostrophe. That's because of the collision with "it is" = "it's". I know the rule, but I always mistype it and have to correct after.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2019 14:18:55 GMT -5
They can both be verbs. When you "affect" something, you influence it, change it, modify it. When you "effect" something, you create it, make it happen. Effect is more often used as a noun, however. Affect is never a noun. Except when it is, of course. Bah. That's technical jargon for psychologists, not something people actually use.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:18:58 GMT -5
Their and theirs is another one.
Who's and whose.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:20:16 GMT -5
Except when it is, of course. Bah. That's technical jargon for psychologists, not something people actually use. Bah. She caused an affect in me is common enough. She effected an affect. I use that all the time.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 15, 2019 14:20:55 GMT -5
I get confused with the various past tenses. Don't know the technical terms and I don't feel like looking them up.
I have done this.
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I had done this.
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I did this.
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I have had this.
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