RE: What is your strategy for effect vs affect?

Jun 30, 2020
1:29:26pm

Blue Mountains Playmaker

This is the grammar/usage situation I have the most difficult time with. Can someone give me a simple way to determine when it's appropriate to use effect vs affect?

I would be eternally thankful.

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RE: What is your strategy for effect vs affect?

Blue Mountains

6/30/20 1:29pm

verb vs. noun. Verbs as Actions, and actions start with A = Affect.

runnincoug

6/30/20 1:31pm

The exception (of course, because this is English) is when you use "effect"

benny1982

6/30/20 1:33pm

Or when you use "affect" to refer to emotion (the noun).

garyfan

6/30/20 1:37pm

Colloquially, though, that usage is basically nonexistent. It could be a common

benny1982

6/30/20 1:40pm

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garyfan

6/30/20 1:43pm

This particular thread within the main thread: 🙁

Blue Mountains

6/30/20 4:22pm

Affect is usually a verb; Effect is usually a noun.

bluebooks

6/30/20 1:33pm

This. And when "effect" is a verb, it means "to cause". "Affect" is rarely or

spoxjox

6/30/20 1:45pm

from the dictionary: Affect — to have an effect on, make a difference to. Example:

lightmann

6/30/20 1:35pm

Personally I vote we get rid of one of them.

JuicyJam

6/30/20 1:37pm

I think AV A means verb.

Baron

6/30/20 1:43pm

I always think "Is this the opposite of 'cause'" It might seem elementary, but..

cougarbob137

6/30/20 2:24pm

Thanks all. I shall study to hopefully figure this out once and for all

Blue Mountains

6/30/20 4:21pm

I hope your study has good affect, and doesn't effect you badly. 😉

spoxjox

6/30/20 4:27pm

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