• ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    To “affect” a change would be to alter the change itself, for example if the university had already been reviewing its portfolio then the protesters might be affecting the change by making it happen more quickly.

    To “effect” a change would be to cause the change in the first place.