"Effect. As noun, means result; as verb, means to bring about, accomplish (not to be confused with affect, which means "to influence")."
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html
Sorry, derleth. It's not a matter of someone defining correct usage. It's simply a matter of looking at the dictionary definitions of the words 'affect' and 'effect'. Affect simply means to influence while effect means to bring about.
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I sincerely hope this is sarcasm.
Cite?
Hello derleth:
"Effect. As noun, means result; as verb, means to bring about, accomplish (not to be confused with affect, which means "to influence")." http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html
Affect vs. Effect: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sullivan/CommonWritingErrors.html#...
Those sources don't define correctness. Especially Strunk and White, which is pretty well debunked at this point:
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003463.php
Sorry, derleth. It's not a matter of someone defining correct usage. It's simply a matter of looking at the dictionary definitions of the words 'affect' and 'effect'. Affect simply means to influence while effect means to bring about.