[kde-doc-english] Konsole docbook patch

Kurt V. Hindenburg kurt.hindenburg at kdemail.net
Mon Dec 27 19:41:51 CET 2004


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.

 Regards,
  Kurt



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