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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Effect can also be a verb. You can effect change, and thus affect people's lives.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Yes, true, but this is a lesser used form of Effect, and I thought it better not to muddy the waters for someone trying to learn the arbitrary rules we've assigned to one of the more difficult to understand languages in the world: English.