However, in formal English, effect is also used as a
verb meaning "get done, bring about": he effected an
improvement in the working conditions. Thus, to affect a
proposal means to influence it or make a change in it,
while to effect a proposal means to get it done or bring
it to completion.
Answering a question asked of me on another medium - the
difference between "affect" and "effect":
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