Re: Help
effect
Function: transitive verb
1 : to cause to come into being
This is exactly how the poster is trying to use this. Go back and read the post. He wants the mental states to be instantiated. There is no way the word "affect" can imply this. The verb form of "affect" means "to produce an effect upon" and this is not what the poster wants to say at all.
99% of the time in the way we use the words "affect" would be a verb and "effect" would be a noun. This is an exception.
If you don't see why, try to find a verb form of "affect" that can actually mean "create" or "instantiate." If you cannot find one then the word "affect" cannot be right.
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