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Rule "affect vs effect"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: affect vs effect
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>\1</suggestion> (=adverse effect, unintended consequence)? Open compounds are not hyphenated.
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-affect-or-effect/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A side-affect of global warming
    Correction suggestion: side effect
  • Conventional treatments are subjected to testing for undesired side-effects.
    Correction suggestion: side effects
ID: AFFECT_EFFECT [16]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)