May 4, 2010 . Though he's best known as the author of cultlike webcomic xkcd, Randall Munroe has . This isn't just the effect of a couple spammers. .

Jul 29, 2008 . Learn the differences between affect and effect. . Thanks to Randall Munroe from XKCD.com who drew the stickman cartoon. .

Well, there is an interesting effect. Some of the jokes in XKCD are so bad that . and "intelligent enough to be aware of its affect" -- "affect?" C'mon. .

Mar 23, 2010 . Grammar question: affect/effect? I know the difference, but this tripped me up: http://xkcd.com/326/ If you don't want to click the link, .

5 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Jul 20, 2010As the stylebook says, here effect, the verb, means "to cause." Affect the verb with an a, as the stylebook will tell you means "to .

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17 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Feb 10. the energy/wavelength of the photon can affect how likely that is. .

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Mar 21, 2011 . And the effect of small dose radition applied over a long time is still . .. to occasionally affect the atoms and molecules in chromosomes, .

Oct 2008 pcworld suggests pandora and slacker over iTunes. xkcd recommends . The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales - An Empirical Analysis Felix .

Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/326/ . Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar nazis. .

40 posts - 25 authors - Last post: Oct 8, 2007Affect and effect are a problem for native speakers? . will not work properly for anything but the http://forums.xkcd.com URL form. .

Apr 14, 2009 . Both of affect and effect are both nouns and verbs. http://xkcd.com/326/ · http: //www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html .

15 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Oct 20, 2010One of the great mysteries - why I don't follow XKCD more closely, . to disappointingly little effect: if this stuff actually was true, . be buried too deeply to strongly affect surface EM fields, but I don't know. .

18 posts - 15 authors - Last post: Apr 4, 2009"I can affect the morale of my team." Effect is most commonly used as . been hoping for a chance to share this comic: http://xkcd.com/326/ .

Mar 20, 2011 . XKCD graphic shows radiation levels from Japan to x-ray. . . saratrice, Great chart that displays relative doses of radiation and how they affect people. . webscaleguy, Radiation Dose Chart - Now I know the effect of .

40 posts - 33 authors - Last post: Oct 8, 2007As for effect vs affect, I was JUST thinking about this today! .

xkcd.com/326/ – view page – cached page. Narrator: MY HOBBY: Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar .

Jan 29, 2009 . The XKCD effect is big and all comics are still released under the Creative Commons License. I wonder how much an XKCD shoutout costs? .

30 posts - 21 authors - Last post: Feb 18Nah self-serving hipsters love xkcd in it's current form. . . the entire idea of it being "too smart" for some is actually some kind of Dunning-Kruger effect. . Call me stupid if you want, it doesn't affect me. .

Jan 8, 2008 . I have to look this up each time I use effect or affect, but now that I've found this helpful mnemonic maybe I'll remember. We'll see.

I hate to be a pedant, but I really can't help myself in this case. A CEO doesn' t AFFECT change, he/she EFFECTS change. See: http://xkcd.com/326/ .

Oct 5, 2007 . xkcd: Effect an Effect. "The homophones "affect" and "effect" are sometimes confused. "Affect" conveys the influence over something that .

Oct 20, 2010 . Today's XKCD comic offers one of the best examples of this line of . . that it has any affect at all is based 100% on the placebo effect. .

Dec 29, 2009 . Affect/effect has given me problems because of the way people describe how to use it. (I'm ignorant of grammar rules). .

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9 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Apr 30Explain Friday's XKCD General Questions. . you ask a question, could such and such an effect be real? Can prayer really affect healing? .

Affect Vs Effect-. (1/1). Monsterfan: XKCD is hilarious! www.xkcd.com. The Guardian: Quote from: Monsterfan on October 09, 2007, 09:06:10 AM XKCD is .

Sep 1, 2009 . Actually, affect and effect can both be used as a verb or a .

Deleting this point did not affect anyone else, so it has been deleted . The Snowball Effect. The following linking points would also be deleted if this .

The xkcd Effect? Galen / 01 Feb 2010 / No Comments. So, the webcomic xkcd has a certain fondness for using a count of Google results (before the comic is .

24 posts - 14 authors - Last post: May 26, 2009[Archive] effect or affect Grammar and Syntax. . Internet classics), effect can sometimes legitimately be a verb (http://xkcd.com/326/). .

Sign UpMy hobby: annoying grammar nazis with "affect" and "effect" is on . XKCD love. 1. If you are talking about a result, then use the word "effect." .

Results 21 - 30 of 54 . http://xkcd.com/168/. Effect an Effect. Narrator: MY HOBBY: / Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip .

Feb 25, 2010 . Femalethoth (Mal from xkcdsucks) said. augh no, mass effect 2 is . level stirs the negative affect ("pisses this site's author off") I .

Oct 11, 2007 . Effectively, my affect affects my effect, while my effect affects my affect. Inspired by xkcd.com who perhaps, didn't take things far enough .

Apr 29, 2011. which does not affect other million dollar studies or .

15 posts - 7 authors - Last post: May 17Funny Pics (Inc xkcd and C&H) . Your affect on this seems to be wrong btw. . If you affect a situation the outcome is an effect. .

The above picture is credited to Randall Munroe at www.XKCD.com .

Jan 28, 2011 . But it seems to not affect the person who says the word at the very . Now, the effect doesn't appear to be equal, but there is an effect. .

15 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Mar 27Another one that makes me angry is. affect = effect. It's not even a homophone error! . http://xkcd.com/326/ .

Dec 18, 2008 . Hilarity ensues: http://xkcd.com/326/ Donations: http://www.terroja.com . Forget effect and affect, I'm talking about tomato tomAto,potato .

xkcd: Effect an Effect. Narrator: MY HOBBY: Using the more obscure meanings of " affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar nazis. .

Making xkcd Slightly WorsePowered by SW-DOS 2.0 . . curious and questioning. Cat Pillar · Subjectivity · Affect an Effect. Nebuduck .

40 posts - 31 authors - Last post: Oct 8, 2007I've used "affect" as a noun and "effect" as a verb in school work, .

Dec 18, 2009 . I then, with a bit of Googling, was unable to find a good list of examples of the XKCD effect, and decided that I would endeavor to create .

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http://xkcd.com/325/. Effect an Effect, Narrator: MY HOBBY: / Using the more .

To effect, as a verb, is to create or bring into being. See an xkcd example . Affect (pronounced AFF-ekt), as a noun, means the same thing as affectation. .

8 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Apr 30[Archive] Explain Friday's XKCD General Questions. . could such and such .

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