'Allot' is a word. 'Alot' is not.

cqaigy2 · Nov 29, 2018

/pine said:
It irks me when reading something written by someone that should know better and they use the term "knots per hour"...arrrrr!

Unrelated but see this all the time and am curious...what is the word "whelp" supposed to mean when someone starts an exclamation following an action or conclusion of something else...? is it supposed to mean "Well" or "Oh Well" ??

I think you meant "knots per hour" Argggg

Not sure about the whelp either.

prichard · Nov 29, 2018

mcfarmall said:
Let's discuss "affect" and "effect."

Yes, please someone explain that. I've always struggled with those two.

bcp · Nov 29, 2018

I don't remember if these are already mentioned.

"Where is it at?"

"Turn it aloose"

plural's

Bruce

dragoneggs · Nov 29, 2018

prichard said:
Yes, please someone explain that. I've always struggled with those two.

Affect is a verb and Effect is a noun. You affect something to cause an effect.

bcp · Nov 29, 2018

dragoneggs said:
Affect is a verb and Effect is a noun. You affect something to cause an effect.

Except when Affect is a noun and Effect is a verb.

Bruce

dragoneggs · Nov 29, 2018

bcp said:
Except when Affect is a noun and Effect is a verb.

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Bruce

Well there is that... but I was trying to make it simple and stay away from transient or is it transitive verbs. :mur:

prichard · Nov 30, 2018

dragoneggs said:
Well there is that... but I was trying to make it simple and stay away from transient or is it transitive verbs. :mur:

And that's why I stay confused. I was ok with the noun verb route until I realized it wasn't truly accurate.

/pine · Nov 30, 2018

Effect/Affect
You can get by in most instances if you think of another form of the word affect...i.e., "affection"...if the definition generally applies to the context use affect...otherwise use effect...!

tallyho8 · Dec 1, 2018

Reading, these last few replies, to this thread, gave me an idear of how much it would effect me if'n I was selling a long in my boat and I ask'd my Dads wives' other son "how many knot's are we traveling at" and he replied " I dunno, where is the speedometer at?" I tole him "its right over dere buy da ampmometer" and he said "no it haint, it be rite buy the earl pressure guage". He repleid " were only going 25 knots per hour so the wind must be effecting our'n speed. This crazy talk had such an affect on me that I turnt the boat around and speeded back to the dock. When he seen I wasn't takin him fishin he threatened to whelp me but Id had enuff and went to home.

My old English teacher would whup me if she knew I rote sometin like this. Now ifn yall don't have anything else ta do, figure out how many mistakes are in this replie.