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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, stronger, better, more respectable verb — undoubtedly more suited to the task you have in mind than [[effect]]. | 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 {{tag|verb}} on the planet. Whatever you are intending to “[[effect]]” is almost certain to be a [[nominalisation]] of another, stronger, better, more respectable verb — undoubtedly more suited to the task you have in mind than [[effect]]. | ||
{{plain|effect the conversion of shares|convert the shares}} | {{plain|effect the conversion of shares|convert the shares}} | ||