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effected

English translation: affected

15:53 Jun 21, 2018
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: effected
Context:

The User is solely responsible (as established by the current law of the United States of America) for the use of Content which does not belong to him/her and for the breach of any third party copyright.
If the User is found to have published Content which does not belong to him/her, it will be removed at the first request of the owner of the content (or the person(s)/entity effected).
Nam Vo
Vietnam
Local time: 12:20
Selected answer:affected
Explanation:
It's a typo.

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Note added at 4 mins (2018-06-21 15:58:00 GMT)
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http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/affect-ef...

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Note added at 12 mins (2018-06-21 16:06:34 GMT)
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Or, quite possibly, ignorance :-)
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philgoddard
United States
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +7affected
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
affected


Explanation:
It's a typo.

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Note added at 4 mins (2018-06-21 15:58:00 GMT)
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http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/affect-ef...

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Note added at 12 mins (2018-06-21 16:06:34 GMT)
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Or, quite possibly, ignorance :-)


philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks very much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JW Narins
2 mins
agree  AllegroTrans: a typo or a gramatically-challenged lawyer (there are plenty of them out there); or the classic "my secretary's/articled clerk's fault"
26 mins
agree  Robert Forstag: Looks like ignorance/confusion.
56 mins
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): It's a very common mistake.
4 hrs
agree  Simon Mac
23 hrs
agree  Björn Vrooman: [Trying to be conciliatory this evening]
1 day 25 mins
agree  Daryo: both of your explanations are more or less equality plausible; in fact "sloppy proofreading" could also be included.
1 day 3 hrs
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