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|    Anton Shepelev to Dallas Hinton    |
|    affect / effect    |
|    18 Mar 20 11:20:02    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5e71e7c0       REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 e71b51c0       PID: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-mingw32)       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: 0200       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              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 203/0 221/1 6 360 227/114 229/101 426 1014 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 382/147 423/81 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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