• StopJoiningWars@discuss.online
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      19 days ago

      No worries. You can “effect” a change (e.g. induce), like a verb. But whatever is on the receiving end of the change is “affected” by it, like in passive voice.

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        19 days ago

        Uniquely concise distinction. Clearly this man is lexically well-endowed.