To point out that the word is “faze” and not “phase” in this context?

[Anyotherdude]

I’ve been reading so many threads where someone writes about being “phased” or “not phased” about something.
it was bothering me so much that I checked to see if it was me that was getting it wrong.
I didn’t.
To faze is to disturb, bother, or embarrass, but a phase is a stage or step, so you can be phased into a role, but if you’re not bothered by something, it doesn’t faze you!

😲 I usually pride myself on my SPAG but I'm so embarrassed to admit I've been getting this one wrong.

I'm away to hang my head in shame.

The way I see it is people will organically learn the right spelling and pronunciation themselves.

There are many words I used to pronounce incorrectly. It’s a nice but slightly embarrassed feeling when you finally learn the right way to pronounce something correctly just by hearing other people say it. It’s not so nice when you’re corrected on a chat forum.

Affect is the verb, effect (noun) is the result.

So:
The drought affected the plants in the garden. The effect was that they died.

This is a perfect example that we are all always learning.

No one knows everything and no one can spell every word correctly.

@SoftFluffySocks affect is mainly used as a verb, whereas effect is mainly used as a noun.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/affect-vs-effect/#

Affect is a verb, for example “it affected me badly”. Or “how does that affect me?”

Effect is a noun, ie, the effect was electrifying.

The problem is you can say, ‘The team effected the change’. So it can also be a verb.

I like @BIWI’s mainly a verb/noun more - because you can also, sometimes, use effect as a verb - which means to bring about an effect. Eg He effected a fast exit.

@Shutting that’s why I did it on a separate post, rather than one of the offending ones. Some great responses on here - thanks everyone 😁

Yes you’re absolutely right. I hadn’t thought of that!

One of my favourite learnings is
"Stationery", as in notebooks etc, has "e" for "envelope" in it.
"Stationary", as in "not moving", doesn't.

But "ect" really annoys me. Et cetera.

And in mental health we talk about ‘affect’ being the visible expression of someone’s mood. Eg ‘flattened affect’. So it can also be a noun! But that’s niche.

I don’t understand why people are so triggered by typos and spag errors. Because if you're a fast reader, it puts a hiccup into the fluency.

I avoid using it as a verb because I am fed up with people telling me it is wrong!

I am happy to contribute to these threads. It’s cathartic 😂.

Not for all fast readers. Truly fast readers can automatically process errors to the point they don’t notice them.

Not always. ‘Effect’ can also be a verb meaning ‘ to bring about’ or ‘give rise to’. ‘ The rising cost of living effected great changes across the UK.
Sorry, can’t help it..I’m an English teacher!

I suppose I would say that either one of them can be a verb, affect can never be a noun! You can’t have “an affect” - only an effect.

I love threads like this. I always learn something. I never understand why someone would rather keep making mistakes or looking ignorant. Thanks, op.

I do wince at poor SPAG but usually then scroll on.

Phased/fazed does bother me though because wrongly using "phased" seems more common on here than the correct "fazed". I imagine people think "fazed" looks like phonetic slang and that it therefore looks incorrect (similarly to people who think "myself" is always more correct/polite than "me").Makes me feel twitchy that when I type fazed other posters will assume it is me who is wrong.

I have also noted a trend of saying "worse case scenario" recently ...

YANBU. Unfortunately the general standard of spelling and grammar on here is pretty low.

I've been speaking to various estates a lot in the last week or so and I have lost count of the number of myselfs and yourselfs that have assaulted my ears. Is it a prerequisite of becoming an estate agent that you must be a 22 year old man in overly tight trousers and pointy shoes who is pathologically incapable of using the simple words 'me' and 'you' when talking to clients?

My other bugbear is 'mental health' as in 'she is suffering from mental health' or 'I can't work at the moment because I've got mental health.'

You have poor mental health or good mental health. You can have mental health problems, but you can't just have 'mental health' unless, of course, you are meaning to say that your mental state is healthy as opposed to unhealthy. This drives me completely potty. I don't understand why it's so hard for people to grasp this simple thing.

I need some rest bite from SPAG errors.

It's actually a lot higher on MN than it is in the general populace. Which is depressing in itself.

I agree OP. It's fazed. So many people get it wrong. Is teaching SPAG not happening any more? My other pet hate: people who write 'been' not 'being'. Eg I'm being kind, written as I'm been kind. Awful!