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I meant to post this a few days ago but kept forgetting once I got home from work.'"My old website got hacked," [Zach] Braff told his fans on Facebook. "Someone issued a 'coming out' statement on my behalf. I'm still straight and in love with my girlfriend. But not too straight; I still love musicals, brunch and Doogie Howser."
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Today a friend joined us at church. Despite knowing all the responses and prayers perfectly well, she had a blank moment and prayed "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in evil." We all had a hard time finishing the prayer after that.
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Fox News doesn't understand how the moon works. Or volcanoes. Or climate change. Fortunately, Bill Nye is there to save the day.
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Seriously??Fox News doesn't understand how the moon works. Or volcanoes. Or climate change. Fortunately, Bill Nye is there to save the day.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-orei ... plain-that
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I think that people here will appreciate this: The Sexy Spelling Song
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I get the intentions but it comes off as snobbery, as far as I'm concerned. I will never be the best at English, even though it's the language I was raised on and the only one I'm approaching fluent in, so it gets majorly annoying to have people who are constantly pointing out my mistakes.
Did you get what I meant? Then shut the f*** up, already. Thanks!
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I'm horrible at spelling, but I admit that I can be a homonym snob. I notice when people consistently mess up there/their/they're, your/you're, or to/too/two. Emphasis on "consistently" because even though I know the differences I know I carelessly slip up on occasion.
Also, I totally use "alright" rather than "all right", and until recently I didn't actually know that only one is technically correct. I also find myself pausing to think about effect vs affect sometimes. And I also get confused about "If I was..." vs. "If I were..."
But yeah, I'm still a snob sometimes.
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And I start sentences with "and" and "but".
Oh, and I will probably give you a strange look if you say "irregardless", unless I know you well enough to know that you're being intentionally humourous.
Also, I totally use "alright" rather than "all right", and until recently I didn't actually know that only one is technically correct. I also find myself pausing to think about effect vs affect sometimes. And I also get confused about "If I was..." vs. "If I were..."
But yeah, I'm still a snob sometimes.
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And I start sentences with "and" and "but".
Oh, and I will probably give you a strange look if you say "irregardless", unless I know you well enough to know that you're being intentionally humourous.
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When a word has been in use for over a hundred years, I think we can stop saying it's "not correct" or "not a word." Especially when using "alright" instead of "all right" can make the meaning of the sentence clearer (e.g., "his economic models were alright" vs. "his economic models were all right").Also, I totally use "alright" rather than "all right", and until recently I didn't actually know that only one is technically correct.
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Sometimes I wonder what I'd tell someone learning english if they asked me about effect/affect. At this point, I think it'd be something like: "you're never going to remember which one to use, and most of the time nobody will care or notice which one you used, so go nuts".I also find myself pausing to think about effect vs affect sometimes.
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I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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"Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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Meh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said."Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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–nounMeh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said."Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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Psychology . feeling or emotion.
Not esoteric.
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Seriously, not esoteric at all. It's pronounced slightly differently as a noun, (accent on the first syllable) and is used by a wide, wide variety of different professionals when describing a person's presentation. You may consider it to be somewhat more common to particular settings or professions, but it is certainly not esoteric. It's used extremely frequently and without second thought among people I know. And not just doctoral-level professionals. Nurses. Case managers. Social workers. Not just mental health, either, as physical health professionals will use it pretty commonly as well in their descriptions.–nounMeh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said."Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?
ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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Psychology . feeling or emotion.
Not esoteric.
(My Psych 101 professor spent a good bit of time after receiving our class's first essays drilling into our heads the various appropriate uses for affect/effect. That little bit of knowledge has proved invaluable.)
(And, yes, you are right in that, as a general rule, "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun.)
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Effect can also be a verb: I wish to effect change.
WILL THE LINGUISTIC LANDMINES EVER END.
WILL THE LINGUISTIC LANDMINES EVER END.
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Yeah, but THAT one is esoteric.Effect can also be a verb: I wish to effect change.
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There's another glimpse of sky...
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There's another life out there...
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Screw it all! I is going to talk however ways I wants to be is talking.
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And I stand by the claim that it's esoteric if you only learned about it through academia as opposed to every day use.
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And I stand by the claim that it's esoteric if you only learned about it through academia as opposed to every day use.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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Affectionately, I need to tell you that's crap. Especially if what counts as academia is a Psych 101 class.Screw it all! I is going to talk however ways I wants to be is talking.
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And I stand by the claim that it's esoteric if you only learned about it through academia as opposed to every day use.
Anyhow, tons of people who work in the field did not necessarily learn it through academia, but through every-day use on their jobs. (E.g., many case managers, transcriptionists, etc.)
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