pynchon-l-digest V2 #3050

[Terrance]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> --- Malignd <malignd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'll wade in here.  "Effect" as a verb means "to bring about or engender."
> (A cold front effects a change in the weather.)
> >
> > "Affect" means "to influence."
> >
> > Next week:  That/which.
> 
> To make a change versus to influence a change.  Sort of a matter of degree?


No, it's not a matter of degree. 

from srunken white style

Effect,   as a noun, means "result": as a verb, means, "to bring about,"
"to accomplish". 

Affect,  means  "to influence". 

Most confusing pairs are rarely confusing when we see them. 
to / too  

I went to the store to. 

To do what? 

Y, to get a fragment.