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An [[effect]] is, always, a [[noun]]. One may speak of the '''rainbow effect''', or '''special effects''',or, if one is a fan of the electric guitar, an effects pedal like Ibanez's legendary '''{{google|tube-screamer}}'''. | An [[effect]] is, always, a [[noun]]. One may speak of the '''rainbow effect''', or '''special effects''',or, if one is a fan of the electric guitar, an '''effects pedal''' like Ibanez's legendary '''{{google|tube-screamer}}'''. | ||
But one must ''not'' use [[effect]] as a {{tag|verb}}, even as a space-filler, however clamorously your inner articled clerk implores you to do so. "Effect" is the weakest verb on the planet. Whatever you are intending to [[effect]] is almost certain to be a [[nominalisation]] of another, perfectly respectable verb — one which is certain to be better suited to the task you have in mind than [[effect]]. for which it entered the lexicon. | But one must ''not'' use [[effect]] as a {{tag|verb}}, even as a space-filler, however clamorously your inner articled clerk implores you to do so. "Effect" is the weakest verb on the planet. Whatever you are intending to [[effect]] is almost certain to be a [[nominalisation]] of another, perfectly respectable verb — one which is certain to be better suited to the task you have in mind than [[effect]]. for which it entered the lexicon. | ||