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Andyw12345 wrote: Hi everybody, Please could somebody explain (in as simple terms as possible) what the difference between effect and affect is and when you would use each. Thanks in advance - this really is a fantastic site. USAGE Affect and effect are frequently confused. Affect is...

1. The sentence is fine. Search for affect and effect in the search box. There are probably hundreds of posts on the subject. Long story short: 99% of the time affect is a verb, and effect is a noun. 2. Fine. 3. Fine. a goes with interview, not with the date. The date is used as an...

No, no, no! If you're talking about two verbs affect and effect, affect means to have some influence upon, not to change, and effect means to cause or to create or to cause to come into being.Pardon me, I believe , not a verb. But occasionally many have mistakenly used it as a verb. ...

No, they have not. There are many threads here about affect and effect, but the phrase "to take effect" is correct. effect with the meaning "the quality or state of being operative."

Well, Englishuser, I'm one of those people who talks about a word or phrase from my own experiene. If someone asks about a meaning in a way I don't expect, I'll consult a dictionary - www.m-w.com is one of my favorites, because it has usage notes. I don't think anyone alive knows all the words...

Yes, effect can indeed be a verb. But the common error is when people say things like "How will this effect you?" when what they MEAN is "How will the affect you?" They also do the reverse - "You can see the affects of time on how this rock has eroded." (I believe that only the field of...

It's probably worth knowing that this is one of the common mistakes that native English speakers make. There are many people who, in writing, mix up affect and effect, most usually by using effect as a verb. ?? Effect can be used as a verb to express the idea of “bringing about changes” By...

It's probably worth knowing that this is one of the common mistakes that native english speakers make. There are many people who, in writing, mix up affect and effect, most usually by using effect as a verb. Similarly, many native english people mix up the words: to, too and two, there and...

Affect and Effect are the verb and the noun. (In most cases. You can effect change, which means bring about, and in that case is a verb.) The difference between affect and influence is not great. Inanimate objects can affect something, can there's an implicaton that there's some mental...

I don't know what the difference between "influence"\affect and effect.Anyone can tell?