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8/10. Just by way of disclosing the degree of my involvement with the revulotion [soc] Ja ja. This just gets owrse and worse. I better go to bet before someone gets hurt.
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I've heard (and used) affect as a noun, but only in the context of music. It's related to the doctrine of affects, a baroque concept in which certain musical characteristics (particularly keys) are associated with certain emotions. So, affect in relation to music means "emotional meaning"--not entirely unrelated to effect, but still not the same.
Also, I could be completely off here, but I think it also can be used to indicate affected behavior--as in, behavior that's an act. For example:
Her horror was nothing but affect.
Is this even close to right, or am I just making stuff up?
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The only one I missed was the affect/effect one I simply try to avoid using either word in a written sentence so I don't have to deal with the problem. I always second guess myself and change it to the wrong one.
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I affect an attitude of not caring about the effect it has on others when I try to affect their awareness of their poor grammar. In effect, I effect no small amount of indignation but I pretend that it doesn't affect me.
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She tried to affect an air of nonchalance, as though his words had not affected her. But she was unable to hide her true affect. So much for her affectation.
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