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 Post subject: Re: Goosetamer
 Post Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:36 am 
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Trust me, I write for a living. Affected vs. effected is one of the most common mistakes people make, and this is a fine example.

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 Post subject: Re: Goosetamer
 Post Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:57 am 
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Sunyaku wrote:
Trust me, I write for a living. Affected vs. effected is one of the most common mistakes people make, and this is a fine example.

:-)



Disclaimer: Any misspellings or grammar errors you find in my posts are a result of being on this forum past my bedtime.


Explain it to us for posterity


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 Post subject: Re: Goosetamer
 Post Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:16 am 
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I was joking that both were valid uses, though completely different meanings.

Merriam-Webster's Unabridged wrote:
Affect: –verb (used with object)
1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.



ibid. wrote:
Effect –verb (used with object)
10. to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen



Ergo, in the first case the "movement is not affected by terrain" would mean that the terrain does not produce a change upon the movement. The latter, "movement is not effected by terrain" would mean that the terrain does not cause the movement. I joked that naturally the terrain does not cause the movement since there are no moving terrain tiles in this game, making the statement "movement not effected by terrain" a valid statement, though admittedly not the statement that Jed had intended to make.


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 Post subject: Re: Goosetamer
 Post Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:25 am 
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Well said Mist. :-)


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 Post subject: Re: Goosetamer
 Post Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:27 am 
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meh.. I get preachy/lecturing when it comes to that kind of stuff... I likely came off as an arrogant prick.. ah well :-P I thought the joke was amusing, anyway :-P


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