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OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 05:20 PM Dec 2016

Choosing between affect and effect can be scary.

Sitting here at my computer on a cold outside sort of a day.
Surfing for inspiration to combat drumpfitis syndrome.

"It Can't Happen Here" - Sinclair Lewis spoke, in 1935, of this almost exact scenario.

Am I a pessimist to see only the stress fractures in society, that ARE occurring?
Seeing @-o'noes, what'll I'm do-@?? Where do we go from here?
Bomb shelter time?

I came upon this site and thought I'd share it for any wordsmith who happens by.

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/affect-effect/

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/affect

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/effect

the "You're either the Hammer, or you're the Nail" rings in my 76 years old noggin.
Some un-remembered elder placed that slogan in there in my youth.
Maybe some country song.

Where DO we go from here?

Ecotopia?

"Hoovervilles" across the country?

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Choosing between affect and effect can be scary. (Original Post) OxQQme Dec 2016 OP
What you feed a pig can affect the bacon. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #1
Russia effectively affected the US election. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #2
Shrub the yankee's texas accent seemed affected. unblock Dec 2016 #3
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