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It is a reliable effect

Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 in Misused words and expressions

Dependable. A needless substitute for reliable, trustworthy.

Effect. As noun, means result; as verb, means to bring about, accomplish (not to be confused with affect, which means “to influence”).

From: William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style, 1918.

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