Correction

Correction: Affect vs Effect: The Definitive Guide for Clarity

Corrected by Selen Ikbal Uslu · Content Quality Analyst and English Language Specialist

Selen Ikbal Uslu found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.

Role
Correction
Publisher
Evolang
Status
Accepted
Date
19 July 2026

The exact change

Before

Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. Viking Press. DOI: 10.1075/etc.32.1.10gol [...] Harper, D. (2024). Affect (v.) and Effect (n.). Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved from etymonline.com. DOI: 10.7916/D8QN64NQ

After

Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. Viking Press. ISBN: 978-0143126563 [...] Harper, D. (2024). Affect (v.) and Effect (n.). Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved from etymonline.com

Why this is better

References list cites a DOI (10.1075/etc.32.1.10gol) for Steven Pinker's 'The Sense of Style' (Viking, 2014). This DOI does not resolve (404 at doi.org) and does not belong to this work. 'The Sense of; References list cites a DOI (10.7916/D8QN64NQ) for a 2024 Douglas Harper / Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) entry on 'affect' and 'effect'. This DOI does not resolve (404 at doi.org); etym

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