Misused words

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[lliamm]

But effect can be a noun too... but only when it produces something new. Affect makes a change to something pre-existing, effect brings in something that wasn’t there before. But you know what word you forgot to include? ‘literally.’

"His head literally exploded he was so angry."

Really? Gross. And sad.

[JacksonAPearce]

@lliamm Oh, there's a whole video on that. youtube.com/watch?v=P4s17CKoRZ­c

[Ransomed09]

What about there, their, and they're?

I saw a unicorn over there!

They're going to attempt to ride the unicorn.

My friends have lost their tickets.

[JacksonAPearce]

@Ransomed09 OH NO! They lost their tickets to the unicorn? :(

[poppycorn146]

The affect/effect thing really helped me, because I'm REALLY bad at remembering which is which and when to use them.

[BookNutSimmer]

Your books are amazing and you're really funny.i love watching your videos and it's funny that you're doing this teaching us how to write grammatically correct and by the way I think it's safe to say I already knew the unicorn flashed its horn :D see what I did there

[TheAwesomeBunny1]

:D You're my fifth grade teacher! Lol

[musicrazy13]

What is the deal with the unicorn????

[suebanna]

now you have me scared of ever commenting for fear you're looking out for grammar errors.

[wrathsqueen]

Schools are failing somewhere along the line...

[tallatstarbucks]

I'm sure you know this, but "affect" can be a noun (usually used in a psychological sense) as in "flat affect" and "effect" can be a verb meaning "to bring about."

[kamikazestrwbry]

we should spread this to everyone on the internet XD

[CalissaLeigh]

Wish I could be at DragonCon. Sounds like a lot of fun. Don't forget to wave and scream like a little girl when you see Nathan Fillion or Wil Wheaton! :)

[Juuliie95]

oh my god I was typing that comment and my eyes were figuratively burning this is such an awful way to write.

[Juuliie95]

Thanks Jackson, your awesome. You're video is funny and its really useful too. It really effected me and I'm sure it will have a positive affect on my grammar, as you can see!!!