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Thanks to everyone who responded. I originally wrote "affect" and was
bloody edited (injustly - poor me...). So I needed the concensus of my
fabulous friends out there in Techwhirler land.
I will always remain affected by the effect of my posted question...
Affect on!
Matt Floyd
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike [mailto:techmail_mike -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 01:20 PM
To: Matt Floyd; TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Affect and Effect
I think the choice is "affect."
"Affect" is generally linked to performing an action .
. . in this case, canceling. "Effect" usually refers
to a result, instead of an action.
Then there's trying to decide if it's "canceling" or
"cancelling." *grin*
--- Matt Floyd <Floyd -at- ORsoftware -dot- com> wrote:
> 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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