Use whom to refer to persons when used as the object of a verb or object of a preposition, object of an infinitive, or the subject of an infinitive. Its not a meaning thing just that I often forget to add the r. Saying, EXpecially instead of especially Brian, you have (youve) offered a valuable site about the rampant abuse, misuse and lack of proper use of the English in its (singular possesive) written form. The worlds most famous forum, on the best copywriting site, and they spell Gurus incorrectly!! You say that affect is a verb and that effect is a noun. This isnt something we did one time for the video either; this was her third set and I have her do these routinely. The one that drives me up a wall is Lose & Loose. she was big time into raising her children vs she was dedicated raising her children. I even capitalize and use proper punctuation which is almost unheard of on MSN Messenger. should of / could of / would of Those who have come from another country and are working hard to speak and write properly are to be commended! Yes, we could get over it, but writing will not get read by many if it dont make no sense. Effect, as a verb, means to cause: He will effect many changes in the company. I think youre barking up the wrong tree with this post. For example: Working hard to effect change. It all gets silly rather quickly, does it not? Oh my GOD, these drive me CRAZY when I see them spelled incorrectly. d) as mentioned by another writer, using the possessive when you mean to use the plural: Century Computers (This was the name of a company on a business card I was given). 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