Grammar Help
Jun. 8th, 2007 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'm usually very good with my grammar and spelling, but there are some things that trip me up. Affect and effect. I simply cannot keep these two words straight.
Can anyone please tell me the difference and if possible an example in a sentence for each?
Here are two sentences I wrote in a fic and I'm not sure if I've used the right word.
Tests showed no ill affects on Rodney.
It’s unclear if it will be permanent at this point and what the affects will be.
Can anyone please tell me the difference and if possible an example in a sentence for each?
Here are two sentences I wrote in a fic and I'm not sure if I've used the right word.
Tests showed no ill affects on Rodney.
It’s unclear if it will be permanent at this point and what the affects will be.
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Date: 2007-06-09 05:12 am (UTC)That being said, your link disappoints me, for it is lacking one of my big pet peeves. I constantly see "ensure" and "insure" used interchangably, and it drives me nuts - I believe that they actually have two different meanings, do they not? As far as I know, "insure" refers to actual financial situations, whereas "ensure" just means to make sure. (I also pointed one this out to one of my professors when I saw it on a sign during a lab field trip to a local state park. Of course, her husband was the park official who put up the sign in the first place, so I don't think I won brownie points there, either)
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Date: 2007-06-09 05:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-09 12:31 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure you're right about "ensure" and "insure" - that's one I've seen, too. And I love that story about the lab field trip. I've done things like that, too... but not to the person's spouse. Oops. :D