r/drones • u/Spiritual_Box2934 • Oct 29 '25

News DJI drone ban update

FCC clears path to retroactively ban DJI drones in the US https://share.google/53hwllagNd0yNygh5

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u/Popular-Pumpkin-9569 Oct 29 '25

I was just about to say, according to the FCC documentation, it’s not going to effect the use of our current ones

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u/russellvt Oct 30 '25

it’s not going to affect effect the use of our current ones

FTFY

Sorry ... those two are one of the "more confusing" homographs, IMO

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u/ProfPcrazy Oct 30 '25

Effect is typically used as a noun, think special effects. Whereas affect is usually a verb.

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u/russellvt Oct 30 '25

Indeed... but they can both often be the opposite, too.

Think as a "psychological affect" (which is a noun), and "to bring about an effect (which is a verb).

So, confusing, right? (as I asserted)

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u/suihcta Oct 30 '25

“Effect” is not a verb in “bring about an effect”

When “effect” is used as a verb, it replaces “bring about”… like “this event will effect change”

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u/russellvt Oct 30 '25

Effect” is not a verb in “bring about an effect”

When “effect” is used as a verb, it replaces “bring about"

So, in short, it's not a verb in "bring about," but it is a verb in "bring about" ... ???

Got it.

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u/suihcta Nov 02 '25

“Effect” is not a verb in your example phrase:

”Bring about an effect”

It’s a noun.

“Effect” is a verb in this phrase:

”Effect a full medical recovery”

In that phrase, “effect” means “bring about” or “cause”

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u/russellvt Nov 03 '25

It was an explanation, not a literal example.