What is the correct usage of "affect" & "
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What is the correct usage of "affect" & "
Could you please explain to me the correct usage of "affect" & "effect"? I really would like simple rules and perhaps a zippy saying I can remember, like “I before E, except after C.”
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Affect vs. effect
Affect is a verb and effect is a noun. There's also the effect as a verb, but don't worry about that.
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AFFECT/EFFECT
AFFECT/EFFECT
ApoThere are four distinct words here.
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Re: Zippy?
Ok to re-punctuate It's: Zippy it Ain't, Larry, but it isZippy it ain't Larry, but it is effective! good one!
Katy
effective!
referring to eberntson'e request for a zippy verse. to wit:
Larry is Stargzer: he saidI really would like simple rules and perhaps a zippy saying I can remember, like “I before E, except after C.”
yours was zippier but less complete.The Greenhouse Effect, if true, may affect life on Earth as we know it. If so, we will have to effect changes in energy production.
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Thx I like it...
Thank you for the simple explanations and the two sayings. I'll see if my little brain can hold it all.
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The most common use of affect, which is a verb, is in the past passive participle : affected, as in "She was strongly affected by the unkind remarks."
Used in other senses, the verb applies to results on the physical or mental condition.
Physical : "The accident severely affected his mobility."
Mental : "Her abuse as child affected her later relationships with men."
Effect can be a noun or a verb. As a verb it is rarely used and, to avoid confusion, it is best avoided and replaced with verbs like produce
Webter's points out that the confusion between "effect" and "affect" dates back as far as 1494.
Verbum
Used in other senses, the verb applies to results on the physical or mental condition.
Physical : "The accident severely affected his mobility."
Mental : "Her abuse as child affected her later relationships with men."
Effect can be a noun or a verb. As a verb it is rarely used and, to avoid confusion, it is best avoided and replaced with verbs like produce
Webter's points out that the confusion between "effect" and "affect" dates back as far as 1494.
Verbum
In principio erat Verbum
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