Affect and Please

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Please and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Please" instead a verb "Affect".

Please verb - To give satisfaction to.

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Affect and please are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Please".

Nearby Word: pleased

person	affect person	please person
people	affect people	please people
children	affect children	please children
someone	affect someone	please someone
Other words: number, time, way, world, anyone, everyone.

Please Select New City Name: The city of Fredonia, NY complained about the name "Freedonia," worrying that it might negatively affect them.

Source: Film / Duck Soup
Everybody else is free to move through the area as they please, but the scenario is always set so they can affect nothing.

Source: Closed Circle
Usually, the character that did the Explain Explain knows the Oh Crap from the start, but since it doesn't affect them personally, they can be as relaxed about it as they please while the other character, having heard them speak, panics and tries to avert the incoming disaster.

Source: Dropping the Bombshell

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