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While affect is a verb meaning to influence or alter (or to assume, as a pose), effect is a noun meaning a consequence or result.
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AFFECT is normally a verb, and means "to influence or change."
EFFECT is normally a noun, and means the result, consequence, or change that is made.
Examples:
How does population growth affect us? VERB
Studying should positively affect your grades. VERB
What is the effect of population growth? NOUN
Drinking alcohol can have a bad effect on your health. NOUN
If the word is a noun, use "effect." The word affect will almost always be used as an action verb. The word effect can also be a verb, very rarely but obviously used, meaning to cause. (e.g. This law may effect a basic change to our policy.)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAFFECT is a verb, and means "to influence or change."
EFFECT is a noun, and means the result, consequence, or change that is made.
The two words are often confused, even moreso because effect can be a verb, rarely but noticeably used to mean cause or create. If the word is used as an action, you will almost always use affect.
Examples:
"What was the effect of the earthquake?" (noun)
"How did the earthquake affect the country? (verb)
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoAFFECT is a verb, and means "to influence or change."
EFFECT is a noun, and means the result, consequence, or change that is made.
The two words are often confused, even moreso because effect can be a verb, rarely but noticeably used, specifically with the word "change". If the word is used as an action, you will almost always use affect.
Examples:
"What was the effect of the earthquake?" (noun)
"How did the earthquake affect the country? (verb)
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∙ 13y ago(affect is normally a verb, and effect is normally a noun)
"Earthquakes can affect a wide area, and one effect is the loss of communications."
"We don't know the full effect of the treatment, or how it might affect muscle control."
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∙ 12y agoAffect means to cause a change to like, 'How will the storm affect us?'
Effect is a cause of something that happened before.
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∙ 12y agoI didn't know my work would affect the group's grade so much, but the effect was quite a good one!
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∙ 11y agopeople used to vacant for parking.
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What sentence could you make with effect?
(The verb effect is only used to mean "make a change." Otherwise use "affect".)"The treatment may effect a modification in his behavior.""The law is designed to effect a major change in land use."
Is it affect or effect?
One of these words (affect) is a verb -- an action word. The other (effect) is a noun. You can remember the one that is a verb because "affect" begins with an "a," and it shows action: The flu affects each person differently. "Your tardiness will affect your grade," said the teacher. (To affect means to impact or influence.)As for the noun (which begins with the letter "e"), use it like this: I don't know if this will have a good effect, but I think we should try it. The word "effect" often refers to a result, and it often has an adjective right next to it-- a good effect, a bad effect, a positive effect, a negative effect, etc.
Can you Explain affect and effect like you would to a five year old?
The basic difference? The words are very similar and have their roots in the same place and so the difference is tiny. Affect is used to mean to cause a change in something - it can cause an Effect. I affect the ozone when I drive my car. Effect is used to mean the change caused in something - it is what happens to something when it is affected The effect on the ozone is that it is damaged. I affect the ozone, the ozone is affected. The effect I have is that the ozone is damaged, the effect of my actions. Is that okay? And are you actually trying to explain it to a five year old? Because I wouldn't bother, it tends to be one of those words people can use correctly but don't know why they use it when they do or don't. Hope it helped, Acey~Nz I would add that "affect" is almost always used as a verb and "effect" as a noun.
What is the difference between the words affect and effect?
AFFECT is normally a verb, and means "to influence or change."EFFECT is normally a noun, and means the result, consequence, or change that is made.Examples:How does population growth affect us? VERBStudying should positively affect your grades. VERBWhat is the effect of population growth? NOUNDrinking alcohol can have a bad effect on your health. NOUNIf the word is a noun, use "effect." The word affect will almost always be used as an action verb. The word effect can also be a verb, very rarely but obviously used, meaning to cause. (e.g. This law may effect a basic change to our policy.)The sound of the words provides a good way to remember the most common usage:If the word follows "the," then emphasize the long "e" sound in the words "the" and "effect," and say "the effect of....". The effect of drinking too much alcohol is often a hangover". Otherwise, use "affect," as in "alcohol affects health." In this case, the "a" in "affects" is pronounced like "uh".There are some exceptions, for example in psychology a person's "affect," referring to his/her emotional presentation, is a noun. "He has a flat affect." In that case, the "a" is pronounced like the vowel sound in "laugh".
A sentence for affect?
(effect is usually a noun, affect is normally a verb) "One effect of the new law is a rule that may affect water consumption." "We know that one effect of radiation is mutation, which can affect the offspring of an organism."
How do you know whether to use effect or affect?
When you use effect you would use it after an event where there was a cause. When you use affect is when it changes somebody's attitude or changed something. ~Your favorite answerer, YASMIN :D o3o
Do you use affect or effect in this sentence That documentary on the Civil War had a profound affect on your view of the nature of warfare?
You say 'profound effect'
Do you use effect or affect in the sentence you have absolutely no affect on me?
The correct word to use in that sentence is "effect." "Effect" is a noun that refers to the result or outcome of something, while "affect" is a verb that means to influence or have an impact on something.
Should the following question use the word affect or effect Does being gay affect your masculinity?
the right word is "affect."
When should you use affect or effect in a sentence?
It depends what the sentence is. Affect is a verb, effect is a noun. Eg. The blast affected her health. The effects of the blast were catastrophic.
The blank effect allows us to use the spectrum to study a source's motion?
The Doppler affect
Can cocaine use effect a pregnancy test?
Maybe, but it will affect the unborn child.
Does meclazine effect the use of implanon?
Meclazine does not affect how well Implanon or Nexplanon works.
How does the quality of a trumpet affect its use?
The build quality of a trumpet can effect the tonality, range and ease of use of the instrument.
How does one correct the affect of phototropism?
By changing affect to effect. Affect is a verb; effect is a noun.
When to use affect in a sentence?
Affect is a verb form of the common word "effect." Therefore, you would use the word "affect" when something is changing, or having an action performed upon it, i.e. "Johnny was greatly affected by the severing of his leg." Meanwhile, you would use the word "effect" as a noun form of the word, i.e. "The effect of Johnny's leg being severed was that he fell over a lot more frequently."
What sentence could you make with effect?
(The verb effect is only used to mean "make a change." Otherwise use "affect".)"The treatment may effect a modification in his behavior.""The law is designed to effect a major change in land use."
