The meanig of the word "affected"

Well...affected means to happen, to be, to do, to have happen, to have done, ect.

So... They..were..made..to work together? Or..they had worked together..or... Yeah, alright.

I have awful problems with effect & affect!

I know, msolga. You have no idea how many times I have screamed at my monitor, "ARRRRRGH! MSOLGA HAS IMPROPERLY USED "EFFECTED" YET AGAIN!!!!!!"

I get so pissed I turn off my computer and either go for a walk or have a drink.

It has that kind of effect on me.

Oh, Gus, Gus, I'm so SORRY!!!!!! <sniff>

Get over it.

And have a nice holiday, msolga.

I'll drink some eggnog in your honor.

You too, Gus.

And I'll have some borscht in your honour!

They pretended to work together in a very showy, spectacular way. One would hold the tape....query the other....move the tape slightly...query...move back....

Of course, they were doing no real work.

Sorry, Noddy, could you please explain that?

Ms. Olga--

"Affected" --"pretended" with a great deal of hoity-toity, overacted, pretentious behavior.

Come on, you've read at least one trashy novel with an "affected" heroine full of pretense and posturing--no?

Noddy has it down. the affect of the drama queen effected my composure. (so I bit her on the leg)

Sorry, Noddy, I'm lost here. Possibly because I'm cooking an ambitious (for me) lasagne while A2King. Doesn't do wonders for my concentration.

"In public, the pair affected friendship. In truth, however, they despised each other."

So it was with the pair who affected working together. The two "tailors" in the story held up a tape measure to measure the air, claiming it was the finest fabric. They flailed away with scissors, and swore the fabric was being cut in the latest fashion. With needles and no thread, they pretended to sew garments for the Emperor.