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redfax on May 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: When Companies Refuse to Interview the Unemployed

I hate to be a pedant, but I really can't help myself in this case. A CEO doesn't AFFECT change, he/she EFFECTS change. See: http://xkcd.com/326/

georgieporgie on May 26, 2011 [–]

Yeah, I saw that as I hit reply. However, since I consider that to be the finest example of English being pointlessly complex, I took a moral stand against editing it.

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