[LINK] Recovery of universities, libraries and archives from floods

[David Boxall]

On 23/01/2011 2:40 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> On 23/01/2011 11:23 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>> I did wonder if "Affected" was the right word, but it is the one used by
>> the Australian Society of Archivists for their "Register of Disaster
>> Affected Archives and Organisations in Australia" and archivists are
>> people very careful in their use of words:
>> <http://www.archivists.org.au/news/id/29>.
>
> ...
> The trouble with using words that have multiple, contradictory meanings
> is that the ambiguity can lead to misunderstandings - which in some IT
> activities can be disastrous.
>
> IMHO, affected and effected are dangerous words, better avoided.
>
More years ago than I care to recount, I had an English teacher who 
remarked that one can not only affect an effect, but also effect an affect.

Maybe Latin would be clearer.

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