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Which is correct?

"Something to that effect."

or

"Something to that affect."

I always thought it was the latter but a coworker swears it is the former.



 
It'd generally be effect. Affect, as a noun, generally refers to your disposition...so I guess you could technically use it and be correct in a rare instance or two.
 
Originally posted by: Whisper
It'd generally be effect. Affect, as a noun, generally refers to your disposition...so I guess you could technically use it and be correct in a rare instance or two.
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I guess that is probably true. I have used it both ways before.
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: Whisper
It'd generally be effect. Affect, as a noun, generally refers to your disposition...so I guess you could technically use it and be correct in a rare instance or two.
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I guess that is probably true. I have used it both ways before.
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Then you're wrong.
 
Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
Originally posted by: DaShen
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=effect
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=affect

Something to that affect.

Affect - Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

**EDIT**

Apparently, I was wrong Something to that Effect

Also, OP google is your friend. Look up "Something to that Effect" in quotes.
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You owned yourself.
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admitting error and correcting yourself does not equate to owning oneself.
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=effect
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=affect

Something to that affect.

Affect - Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

**EDIT**

Apparently, I was wrong Something to that Effect

Also, OP google is your friend. Look up "Something to that Effect" in quotes.
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I know I could use Google but I wanted to know what others thought too.

Also, everything you read on the intarweb isn't true. Just cuz there are results doesn't mean much. Although the googlefight thing was funny.
 
I believe that both are actually correct depending on what you are trying to say.

There's a really good page out there by Purdue that shows the different uses of the words in ways you've never seen.

But me personally I would use "effect"

-edit-
so in other words, the bet is a push.
🙂
 
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