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Discover LudwigThe phrase "personal effect" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to refer to personal belongings or items that have a personal significance to someone. Example: "After the accident, she was relieved to find her personal effects were mostly intact."
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personal effect
noun
An item of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.
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Focus on one such object, such as a historic road sign or a personal effect from a famous person.
I consider it a personal effect, like eyeglasses".
Thomas's story highlights the devastating personal effect the closure of the steelworks would have had.
Now he worries the new rules will have a very personal effect: loneliness.
You don't always think about how it has a personal effect on people.
It's the only huge public event that's had that kind of personal effect on me, at least.
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But these personal effects have outlived the persons who used them.
We record the height and weight of each person then remove and bag their clothing and personal effects.
Its rooms, full of his personal effects, still reverberate with the power of his personality.
My bag with my personal effects.
"I own all the personal effects.
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