Before you affect a change, consider the effect of previous changes. ### Most of the time, affect is a verb and effect is a noun. (But not always. That would be too easy!) The verb to affect means to influence something (or, to have an effect on it). Verbs are often Actions which, like affect, begins with an 'A'. … Continue reading Affect or Effect?
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That Which Is Write
Confession: the first thing I learned about ‘that’ is that it never needs a comma before it. It sounded too good to be true! Now I try it for size in my sentence, and if it sounds right, I use it. This is, of course, an over-simplification, but it works more often than not. It … Continue reading That Which Is Write
Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings 