It's 2:30am, and I'm trying to make a decision that...

Starbreaker wrote:I'm not sure why people are bashing him, I kinda see what he's getting at.

There's been a few incidences in my life where I think if I'd done that, then this would have happened, and this wouldn't be happening now. Okay, it's not to quite the same extent that Igor does it, but I get his meaning.

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Igor wrote:..... Where I go to university could, and most probably will, effect the rest of my life.......

It's affect not effect.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
...
2. To produce as a result.

lol wut. "affect" is still the right word.

His University choice will put into action, produce as a result, bring about the rest of his life. It will effect it. It will also change, alter, influence the rest of his life, so it will also affect it. Both words are valid to use - perhaps the author will decide that he used the wrong one based on what he wanted to imply, but neither are grammatically incorrect so it's rather presumptuous for anyone to voice their opinion on his wording.

lolwut indeed. You cannot use both words. The act of choosing will affect his future.

OxfordDictionary (so are you going to argue with them?) wrote:To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'. Confusingly, either may produce an 'effect' or result. ('An affect' is a technical term in psychology.)

The stability of the wall was affected by passing lorries.
The demolition of the wall was effected by the detonation of a charge of dynamite.
The dynamite did not just 'affect' (influence) the demolition of the wall: it caused it.

oh and for what it's worth - I would say go to the Uni that offers you the course that you most want to do. Forget the women

Hang on, are you arguing against or with me here?

EDIT: Okay, let's put it like this. His choice of Uni will both affect and effect his future, depending on how the author views it. It will put his future into motion: it will cause it. However, he will still have a future that will be merely affected by the choice. It depends on whether we are talking about the future he wants, which would be effected by a good choice of Uni (and wouldn't be effected by a bad choice of Uni), or any future, which would be affected by his choice of Uni.

EDIT2: Upon checking, that's right. It's not grammatically incorrect at all. Which word the author wants to use is entirely based upon what he wants to imply. I can't see how you could argue against that, as it's essentially what the Oxford Dictionary quote you posted actually says. To effect is to cause, to affect is to bring about a change in. His choice of Uni will effect (cause) the life he wants, or perhaps effect (cause) a life he doesn't want [hence the dilemma], but it will affect (change) his per se 'life' as a whole.

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Igor wrote:..... Where I go to university could, and most probably will, effect the rest of my life.......

It's affect not effect.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
...
2. To produce as a result.

lol wut. "affect" is still the right word.

His University choice will put into action, produce as a result, bring about the rest of his life. It will effect it. It will also change, alter, influence the rest of his life, so it will also affect it. Both words are valid to use - perhaps the author will decide that he used the wrong one based on what he wanted to imply, but neither are grammatically incorrect so it's rather presumptuous for anyone to voice their opinion on his wording.

lolwut indeed. You cannot use both words. The act of choosing will affect his future.

OxfordDictionary (so are you going to argue with them?) wrote:To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'. Confusingly, either may produce an 'effect' or result. ('An affect' is a technical term in psychology.)

The stability of the wall was affected by passing lorries.
The demolition of the wall was effected by the detonation of a charge of dynamite.
The dynamite did not just 'affect' (influence) the demolition of the wall: it caused it.

oh and for what it's worth - I would say go to the Uni that offers you the course that you most want to do. Forget the women

Hang on, are you arguing against or with me here?

EDIT: Okay, let's put it like this. His choice of Uni will both affect and effect his future, depending on how the author views it. It will put his future into motion: it will cause it. However, he will still have a future that will be merely affected by the choice. It depends on whether we are talking about the future he wants, which would be effected by a good choice of Uni (and wouldn't be effected by a bad choice of Uni), or any future, which would be affected by his choice of Uni.

EDIT2: Upon checking, that's right. It's not grammatically incorrect at all. Which word the author wants to use is entirely based upon what he wants to imply. I can't see how you could argue against that, as it's essentially what the Oxford Dictionary quote you posted actually says. To effect is to cause, to affect is to bring about a change in. His choice of Uni will effect (cause) the life he wants, or perhaps effect (cause) a life he doesn't want [hence the dilemma], but it will affect (change) his per se 'life' as a whole.

You tried to be smart and were wrong KP; stop trying to use semantics to argue your way out of this.

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Igor wrote:..... Where I go to university could, and most probably will, effect the rest of my life.......

It's affect not effect.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
...
2. To produce as a result.

lol wut. "affect" is still the right word.

His University choice will put into action, produce as a result, bring about the rest of his life. It will effect it. It will also change, alter, influence the rest of his life, so it will also affect it. Both words are valid to use - perhaps the author will decide that he used the wrong one based on what he wanted to imply, but neither are grammatically incorrect so it's rather presumptuous for anyone to voice their opinion on his wording.

lolwut indeed. You cannot use both words. The act of choosing will affect his future.

OxfordDictionary (so are you going to argue with them?) wrote:To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'. Confusingly, either may produce an 'effect' or result. ('An affect' is a technical term in psychology.)

The stability of the wall was affected by passing lorries.
The demolition of the wall was effected by the detonation of a charge of dynamite.
The dynamite did not just 'affect' (influence) the demolition of the wall: it caused it.

oh and for what it's worth - I would say go to the Uni that offers you the course that you most want to do. Forget the women

Hang on, are you arguing against or with me here?

EDIT: Okay, let's put it like this. His choice of Uni will both affect and effect his future, depending on how the author views it. It will put his future into motion: it will cause it. However, he will still have a future that will be merely affected by the choice. It depends on whether we are talking about the future he wants, which would be effected by a good choice of Uni (and wouldn't be effected by a bad choice of Uni), or any future, which would be affected by his choice of Uni.

EDIT2: Upon checking, that's right. It's not grammatically incorrect at all. Which word the author wants to use is entirely based upon what he wants to imply. I can't see how you could argue against that, as it's essentially what the Oxford Dictionary quote you posted actually says. To effect is to cause, to affect is to bring about a change in. His choice of Uni will effect (cause) the life he wants, or perhaps effect (cause) a life he doesn't want [hence the dilemma], but it will affect (change) his per se 'life' as a whole.

You tried to be smart and were wrong KP; stop trying to use semantics to argue your way out of this.

Abs wrote:Or maybe he won't care, or find it ammusing you're getting to worked up about it and planning to go through his entire post history to nit-pick the spelling mistakes out.

Nerds.

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Igor wrote:..... Where I go to university could, and most probably will, effect the rest of my life.......

It's affect not effect.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
...
2. To produce as a result.

lol wut. "affect" is still the right word.

His University choice will put into action, produce as a result, bring about the rest of his life. It will effect it. It will also change, alter, influence the rest of his life, so it will also affect it. Both words are valid to use - perhaps the author will decide that he used the wrong one based on what he wanted to imply, but neither are grammatically incorrect so it's rather presumptuous for anyone to voice their opinion on his wording.

lolwut indeed. You cannot use both words. The act of choosing will affect his future.

OxfordDictionary (so are you going to argue with them?) wrote:To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'. Confusingly, either may produce an 'effect' or result. ('An affect' is a technical term in psychology.)

The stability of the wall was affected by passing lorries.
The demolition of the wall was effected by the detonation of a charge of dynamite.
The dynamite did not just 'affect' (influence) the demolition of the wall: it caused it.

oh and for what it's worth - I would say go to the Uni that offers you the course that you most want to do. Forget the women

Hang on, are you arguing against or with me here?

EDIT: Okay, let's put it like this. His choice of Uni will both affect and effect his future, depending on how the author views it. It will put his future into motion: it will cause it. However, he will still have a future that will be merely affected by the choice. It depends on whether we are talking about the future he wants, which would be effected by a good choice of Uni (and wouldn't be effected by a bad choice of Uni), or any future, which would be affected by his choice of Uni.

EDIT2: Upon checking, that's right. It's not grammatically incorrect at all. Which word the author wants to use is entirely based upon what he wants to imply. I can't see how you could argue against that, as it's essentially what the Oxford Dictionary quote you posted actually says. To effect is to cause, to affect is to bring about a change in. His choice of Uni will effect (cause) the life he wants, or perhaps effect (cause) a life he doesn't want [hence the dilemma], but it will affect (change) his per se 'life' as a whole.

You tried to be smart and were wrong KP; stop trying to use semantics to argue your way out of this.

It's not semantics, it's the English language! I hate it when people try to be grammar nazis when in all actuality they know shite, and I enjoy being pedantic over the affect/effect rule as a way of getting back over them. If you're trying to deny that I'm technically right then I suggest you re-read my posts until they sink in. With that being said, of course the OP didn't mean to use 'effect' in the manner I describe - that's not going to stop me from doing this every single time some twat like 'KingK' comes along and acts like a dick. I'm considering going through his post history and giving all of his posts a thorough spelling/grammar checking too. Maybe he'll think twice before attacking someone over the slightest of mistakes in future.

Abs wrote:Or maybe he won't care, or find it ammusing you're getting to worked up about it and planning to go through his entire post history to nit-pick the spelling mistakes out.

Nerds.

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Karlprof wrote:

KingK wrote:

Igor wrote:..... Where I go to university could, and most probably will, effect the rest of my life.......

It's affect not effect.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
...
2. To produce as a result.

lol wut. "affect" is still the right word.

His University choice will put into action, produce as a result, bring about the rest of his life. It will effect it. It will also change, alter, influence the rest of his life, so it will also affect it. Both words are valid to use - perhaps the author will decide that he used the wrong one based on what he wanted to imply, but neither are grammatically incorrect so it's rather presumptuous for anyone to voice their opinion on his wording.

lolwut indeed. You cannot use both words. The act of choosing will affect his future.

OxfordDictionary (so are you going to argue with them?) wrote:To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'. Confusingly, either may produce an 'effect' or result. ('An affect' is a technical term in psychology.)

The stability of the wall was affected by passing lorries.
The demolition of the wall was effected by the detonation of a charge of dynamite.
The dynamite did not just 'affect' (influence) the demolition of the wall: it caused it.

oh and for what it's worth - I would say go to the Uni that offers you the course that you most want to do. Forget the women

Hang on, are you arguing against or with me here?

EDIT: Okay, let's put it like this. His choice of Uni will both affect and effect his future, depending on how the author views it. It will put his future into motion: it will cause it. However, he will still have a future that will be merely affected by the choice. It depends on whether we are talking about the future he wants, which would be effected by a good choice of Uni (and wouldn't be effected by a bad choice of Uni), or any future, which would be affected by his choice of Uni.

EDIT2: Upon checking, that's right. It's not grammatically incorrect at all. Which word the author wants to use is entirely based upon what he wants to imply. I can't see how you could argue against that, as it's essentially what the Oxford Dictionary quote you posted actually says. To effect is to cause, to affect is to bring about a change in. His choice of Uni will effect (cause) the life he wants, or perhaps effect (cause) a life he doesn't want [hence the dilemma], but it will affect (change) his per se 'life' as a whole.

You tried to be smart and were wrong KP; stop trying to use semantics to argue your way out of this.

It's not semantics, it's the English language! I hate it when people try to be grammar nazis when in all actuality they know shite, and I enjoy being pedantic over the affect/effect rule as a way of getting back over them. If you're trying to deny that I'm technically right then I suggest you re-read my posts until they sink in. With that being said, of course the OP didn't mean to use 'effect' in the manner I describe - that's not going to stop me from doing this every single time some twat like 'KingK' comes along and acts like a dick. I'm considering going through his post history and giving all of his posts a thorough spelling/grammar checking too. Maybe he'll think twice before attacking someone over the slightest of mistakes in future.

He got the sentence wrong and you know it. I do know you're just being a dick because the sentence was gramatically correct, even if the meaning is not what he intended.

Starbreaker wrote:I'm not sure why people are bashing him, I kinda see what he's getting at.

There's been a few incidences in my life where I think if I'd done that, then this would have happened, and this wouldn't be happening now. Okay, it's not to quite the same extent that Igor does it, but I get his meaning.

teh bork wrote:You've been watching for to much How I Met Your Mother

Seriously though go to Manchester, there's some great opportunities there to do stuff that most people haven't and possibly won't have the chance to do.