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Rule "I remember how it effected (affected) the job market"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: I remember how it effected (affected) the job market
Message: Possible error detected. Did you mean to use the verb 'affect'?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I remember all the outsourcing and how it effected the job market for me.
    Correction suggestion: affected
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Once the issue of who is the appropriate counterparty has been determined, we need to discuss the mechanics by which we effect the transaction.
  • Do you remember how he effected change in this neighborhood?
  • (2) be able to click on a troop and see what status effects its spell or trait can give
  • And Cardinal-theologian Walter Kasper, in his book The God of Jesus Christ, concludes that what Jesus effected was to give suffering "eternal import, the import of love."
ID: AFFECTED_EFFECTED [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100)