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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Plenty of Americans find those things "weird". Myself, for instance.

It's hard to ~~effect~~ ~~affect~~ effect (why, English, why 😭) change with just the two corrupt parties, with one being center-right and the other being far-right, and a voting system that keeps it that way. At least ranked-choice voting for some elections (reducing the pressure maintaining the two-party system) is up for a vote in my state soon.

Edit: affect (v.)/effect (n.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never do random drive by grammar replies, but since you put it in your edit: affect is a verb and effect is a noun usually but the way you used it needs the verb form of effect, meaning "to bring something into being/existence". So essentially you're saying it's difficult to create change in the two parties.

Note that affect can also be a noun (and is pronounced differently than the verb, with the emphasis on the first syllable), referring to someone's demeanor. You normally see it when talking about psychology.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well, thank you, I learned something today! Damn you, English! shakes fist (the language, not the Amish term for non-Amish people)