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I'm confused. Are both 'affect' and 'effect' valid in the case of "... have a huge * on ...".

It seems as though 'affect' was misused there because the usage is also the definition and so she should have written: "greatly affects" or "has a huge effect".

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No, you're right, it's "has a huge effect on something." She could have proofread.

How does this girl have a job?

And "cachet" rather than "cache." Lacy could use a blog copy editor.

Perhaps she was referring to a fast, temporary location in which the VC name resides in memory, in which case she would be correct.

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