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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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

There is a subtle difference between affect and effect. like you have these sentences: 1) I will get affected by his doings. 2) his doing will have effect on me. the difference is affect is a verb and effect is a noun (when they mean influence). I mean affect can be used as a noun but then...