NTSC-RePlay 021: Grammarpocalypse III

[Brad]

I could care less about all this.

Same! For Christ sakeS, I just take it all with a grain of salt.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Affect and effect

Yeah I've read the difference and I've tried to learn, but I still use them incorrectly.

[endo]

One's primarily used as a verb (affect) and the other is mainly used as a noun (effect), but both can be used either way, if that's any help.

[Brad]

One's primarily used as a verb (affect) and the other is mainly used as a noun (effect), but both can be used either way, if that's any help.

No they can’t. Not if you want to use correct grammar!

[Cassius_Smoke]

Yeah it's one or the other.

I think Affected is a word, but Effected isn't.
So 'The frog was Affected by the poison'... I think?

[wakka]

Actually guys, endo is correct.

noun:

It had a wearying effect.

He had a grim affect.

verb:

He effected a change.

He contacted the affected persons.

bonus adjective:

He found the film affecting.

[Cassius_Smoke]

See what I mean?! I'll just use which ever.

[fuse]

This thread is having an æffect on me.

[Brad]

Oh I thought endo was saying you could just whichever word you wanted anywhere!

[endo]

Not quite, one is more often a noun and the other more commonly a verb, but both have noun and verb forms: "I affected indifference to stunning effect, though the change I effected left me with a flat affect." Or something.

[endo]

See what I mean?! I'll just use whichever.

Sorry, I'll go now.

[MartyG]

But pie's, chip's, etc ... they'll never go away. Why get angry? We still understand the proposition.

If such a place doesnt take care with the presentatoin of it's wares, then why wold it take care with the creation of it either? Whilst it might seem trivial, it speaks to attention to details and effort. I'd profur two goe to the shop that sells pies, not pie's, well if I actually eaten pis.

Theirs has care to be taken four gud imprreshuns.

[charlesr]

This thread is in equal measures hilarious and rage inducing.

[Brad]

Jane's Pantry in Gloucester:


Jane's Pantry a few miles up the road in Churchdown:


The Churchdown branch is much older. They used to correctly use the apostrophe but at some point stopped. However, most of their vans do use the apostrophe.

[Atticus]

If such a place doesnt take care with the presentatoin of it's wares, then why wold it take care with the creation of it either? Whilst it might seem trivial, it speaks to attention to details and effort. I'd profur two goe to the shop that sells pies, not pie's, well if I actually eaten pis.

Theirs has care to be taken four gud imprreshuns.

That's a fair point ... it would bring the standard of the produce/contents/cleanliness into question. I wasn't looking at it from a pie eater's point of view.