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Confusednewbie1552

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When is affect used?
When is effect used?
When is grey used?
When is gray used?

Is there even any difference between gray and grey or is it the same thing like color and colour?
 

wfbberzerker

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Apr 12, 2001
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when you Affect something, the result is an Effect.
i.e. the fire affected the computer, the effect was a melted monitor.

grey = gray. i think gray is generally more accepted though.
 

Colt45

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grey/gray is a brit/yank thing. I can never remember which is which though.