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  1. 01-30-2011, 08:29 PM #1
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    I confess that I only went as far as 8th grade and I'm a bit challenged when it comes to proper English usage even though it is my native tongue. So I am confused by when to use affect or effect. I found this definition of proper usage here through google but I still don't get it. Can anyone illustrate when it is correct to use one as opposed to the other ?
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
    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.
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    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.
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    This may help you.

    Affect / Effect: cause or result
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    The effect of a fact can in fact affect the effectiveness of one who is effectively afflicted with affected affliction
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    The effect of a fact can in fact affect the effectiveness of one who is effectively afflicted with affected affliction
    Oh ... Now I understand!
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    It's very effective when you effect changes but that might cause an affectation which might affect the way you be.

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