Thread: Affect or Effect ?

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

So I have boat loads of education and I still have trouble with it too. Don't let the lack of an education ever persuade you in your thinking.

As the link suggests, one is usually a verb and the other is usually a noun.

Affect is often used in a psychological sense. Something affects you. It changes your mind perhaps.

Effect is a final event. A noun.

"I was deeply affected by JimmyHad's last PM, but the effect on my shaves was even more startling".

But, as you've noted it gets more complicated than that.

That pretty much sums it up.

I still have trouble it as well...so for better or worse I use affect as a verb...everything else is effect.

I'm sure it's not right all of the time, but I think it gets me close.

This may help you.

Affect / Effect: cause or result

The effect of a fact can in fact affect the effectiveness of one who is effectively afflicted with affected affliction

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

The effect of a fact can in fact affect the effectiveness of one who is effectively afflicted with affected affliction

Oh ... Now I understand!

It's very effective when you effect changes but that might cause an affectation which might affect the way you be.

Where's that other bottle of moonshine?

I always remember it as "the effect," where as one affects a change. It's really the e-e that keeps me straight.

Originally Posted by welshwizard

This may help you.

Affect / Effect: cause or result

The thanks button did not work so here is my thank you to you.

Very helpful site for non-native speakers too. Tought me at thing or two and I even did not click all the buttons.

hmm, English isn't my native tongue. But I always learned it like this:
affect is a verb(act A is affecting object B), where effect is a noun describing the relationship between cause and result(The effect of act A is situation B).

just my 2 cents.

Both affect and effect can be either a noun or a verb. The link in my earlier post should help.
To be honest, though I did learn grammar at school, most of my knowledge has come through reading a lot.
Ironically, I only got to grips with English grammatical construction when I started to learn French.
Seeing the words used accurately and in correct context over and over again is the easiest way to learn.