sheerinshaikh  +  7275 Sun, 07 Sep 03 06:55 AM Could you tell me the difference between 'affect' and 'effect' with some suitable examples too if possible? sheerinshaikh Joined on Sat, Aug 23 2003 New Member 29 Difference Between

	moijelesuis  +  7276 Sun, 07 Sep 03 07:13 AM tricky indeed... first of all, affect is always a verb. it means to bring on or cause a change, or to cause emotion, to provoke feelings (good or bad). it can also mean to adopt a false characteristic. examples: many people drive dangerously, but this does not affect me, since i don't even have a car. (affect means there is no effect to the cause - no relation between the bad drivers and myself) i cried when i saw the film "shindler's list". the film affected me deeply. (it touched me, it made me cry.) effect can be either a noun or a verb. as a noun, it means the result of something (cause and effect). he affected a british accent even though everyone knew he was american. ex: unemployed workers are a direct effect of factory closures. as a verb, it means the same thing as the verb "effectuate", which means to bring about, to accomplish. ex: when the government effected tax cuts, everyone received a larger paycheck. (the two words affect/effect are closely related ... one could say something to the effect of: "we were all deeply affected when the government effected a tax increase.") moijelesuis Joined on Sat, Aug 16 2003 usa/canada Full Member 116 Verbs, Nouns, Accents, British Accent

	hitchhiker  +  7283 Sun, 07 Sep 03 08:48 AM Also see this thread: affect and effect hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,034 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement...

	CalifJim  +  265556 Mon, 11 Sep 06 06:52 PM Please don't add to posts that are so old.  This one is three years old. The original participants are probably not around anymore to appreciate your help with their question. Thank you. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,380 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Difference Between

	CalifJim  +  278994 Wed, 11 Oct 06 07:59 AM It might be better to start a new post.  Within that post you can always reference the old one if you want. Just write the word post in front of the post number and /post after it. Enclose both post and /post in square brackets ([ ]). Why not register and participate in all our new posts?  CJ CalifJim Difference Between