RE: Affect and Effect

[Dannette Thompson <dthomps -at- foundationsoft -dot- com>]

This is one of those things that I have to look up frequently. (Old age, I
guess!) A great reference to look up some of these commonly confused words,
is the following web site, from About.com:

http://techwriting.about.com/careers/techwriting/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site
=http://www.sol-sems.com/extras/comcon2.htm

Good luck!

Dannette Thompson
Technical Writer
Foundation Software, Inc.
The #1 Accounting Software for Labor-Intensive Contractors
800-246-0800


-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Floyd [mailto:Floyd -at- ORsoftware -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:52 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Affect and Effect


Minor Debate: which is correct-

"Canceling an item in the box will effect the block utilization percentage."

Canceling an item in the box will affect block utilization percentage."

Anyone?

Matt Floyd

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