On Monday 27 Dec 2004 18:41, Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote: > On Monday 27 December 2004 01:25 pm, Philip Rodrigues wrote: > > "The following Qt? options have no affect on Konsole:" > > "affect" -> "effect" > > I actually looked this up on the web; I thought I had it correct. > > "His poor study habits affected his grades"; "Music affected her deeply." > > "Affect," except for the specialists mentioned below, is a verb, meaning to > cause change in something. "His headache affected his ability to > concentrate." Verbs are words of action. So think "A" ? Affect, Action ? > something is Acting on something else. > > So, "The following Qt options have no action on Konsole:" seem correct to > me.
"effect" in this context is a noun (just to add to the confusion, it can also be a verb but has a different meaning). "affect" is a verb - think of the opposite: "Qt options have an effect on Konsole" - you can't have "an affect". It could also be written: "Qt options do not affect Konsole". Here it is correct because it's being used as a verb. Hope that's clearer. Regards, Malcolm -- KDE Proof Reading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://i18n.kde.org/teams/info/en_GB
