conduct is more important to me than correctness.

it is more important to me that people, including myself, conduct themselves in a way that is considerate and respectful, and less important who is right and who is wrong.

sometimes i get stuck on the right and wrong issue, and sometimes i am not very nice in a debate (and that disappoints me, and i aim to better myself so it doesn’t happen), but overall, my ideal is the above.

lots of people don’t seem to agree.

or maybe it’s just because people’s ideas of appropriate conduct are so much more subjective than the issue of right or wrong.

but i think if you’re focussing on who’s right and who’s wrong, you’re totally missing the point of human interaction.

but maybe that’s not the point that others are seeking.

hmmm.

Definition of Affect: to influence something or someone, to touch, to change, etc.

IT IS A VERB.

Examples:
* That guy’s ignorance really affected my level of calm.
* All this rain is really going to affect my ability to do my gardening.
* The death scene in that movie really affected me.

It can be used as a NOUN in ONE situation - in a psychology sense - in that situation, it refers to feeling.

Example:
* When she was told her son had died due to her incompetence, she took the news with little affect.

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Definition of Effect: the outcome of something; power to produce an outcome; a phenomenon; an impression; someone’s stuff etc.

IT IS A NOUN.

Examples:
* Slapping that guy seems to have had no effect on his desire to use correct grammar.
* It’s all about cause and effect, kids.
* Call it the Butterfly Effect if you so wish.
* I didn’t expect those changes to have that sort of effect.
* Get your personal effects and get out of my face.

ONLY used as a VERB when directly referring to bringing about an effect.

Example:
* I wonder how my workmates feel about those changes I effected.