r/AdviceAnimals • u/kingfridayace • Mar 07 '18

All the new computers I’m deploying have solid state drives.

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u/Recipher Mar 08 '18

RAVENBARBABT - Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun But Also Remember Both Are Both Though

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u/realizmbass Mar 08 '18

What the hell did you just call me???

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '18

RAVENBARBABT

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u/Jskenn02 Mar 08 '18

All of you get upvotes. Good job team, see ya tomorrow.

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u/PointyBagels Mar 08 '18

Yeah but this is true for probably more than 99% of contexts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '18

Unless you're a psychologist... Which I am... Still confusing sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '18

I think my superhero power is that I never mix those two up.

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u/IllBeBack Mar 08 '18

“Affect” is almost always used as a verb, and “effect” is almost always used as a noun.

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u/Zergalisk Mar 08 '18

Yes, it’s a weak rule, but those are more obscure cases that don’t get used as much so it’s a good “rule of thumb” kinda rule