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   Message 3,003 of 4,347   
   Anton Shepelev to Dallas Hinton   
   affect / effect   
   18 Mar 20 11:20:02   
   
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   Dallas Hinton:   
      
   DH> However,  in  formal  English,  effect is also used as a   
   DH> verb meaning "get done, bring  about":  he  effected  an   
   DH> improvement in the working conditions. Thus, to affect a   
   DH> proposal means to influence it or make a change  in  it,   
   DH> while to effect a proposal means to get it done or bring   
   DH> it to completion.   
      
   Example -- my   program   `pamlevels'   is   advertised   as   
   "effecting"  a levels transformation with the possibility to   
   preserve color integrity:   
      
     http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamlevels.html   
      
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