Common Mistakes : Effectively
adverb
BAD: We finally got to see the secretary who confirmed that there was effectively a young man being held in prison
GOOD: We finally got to see the secretary who confirmed that there was indeed a young man being held in prison
Effectively is used to show that you are describing what a particular situation is really like, especially when this is not obvious
At that time, free elections in Zambia were unknown, and Kaunda had, effectively, made himself life-president
Indeed is used to confirm that something is true, especially something that a person suspects but is unsure about
I imagined that Rupert had gone back to the hotel and indeed it was there that I found him, splashing around in the pool