Acornell.2674 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!vax135!cornell!hal Thu Mar 25 18:30:59 1982 Re: A grammar quibble An easy way to remember: affect is a verb effect is a noun Impact is a synonym for neither of these. Hal Perkins (decvax!cornell!hal) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.