[kde-doc-english] Konsole docbook patch

[Éric Bischoff]

Le Lundi 27 Décembre 2004 19:41, Kurt V. Hindenburg a écrit :
> 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.

In "have no affect", it's not a verb, but a noun ;-).


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