Affect vs Effect

[Waldo]

Just curious, without looking it up, do you know the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'?

[Ontarian1981]

Just curious, without looking it up, do you know the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'?

 

Effect is the result of being affected by something. That is it in a nutshell.

[Mossway]

Affect is always a verb, effect is usually a noun but occasionally is used as a verb ....but I suppose, nowadays, most people, many teachers included, don’t know what a verb or noun is !

(We used to be taught (incorrectly) Raven...Remember affect verb effect noun)

[cgksheff]

Just curious, without looking it up, do you know the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'?

 

Yes.

 

Now let's this shifted.

[apelike]

Its obvious that the effect of this post has affected me enough to reply.

[Mister M]

Yes it's one of those (homophones?) that was drilled into me at school, like there, their and they're.

Stationary or stationery is the one that always catches me out.

[Gormenghast]

Yes it's one of those (homophones?) that was drilled into me at school, like there, their and they're.

Stationary or stationery is the one that always catches me out.

 

Stationary cars, stationery letters was how I was taught.

[Mossway]

Stationary cars, stationery letters was how I was taught.

 

A bit like the names Francis and Frances

Francis is ‘im’

and

Frances is ‘er’

[Mister M]

Stationary cars, stationery letters was how I was taught.

 

Ah thank-you, that's a good way of remembering it!

[Waldo]

Effect is the result of being affected by something. That is it in a nutshell.

 

Yes, that makes sense, thank you.

 

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Affect is always a verb, effect is usually a noun but occasionally is used as a verb ....but I suppose, nowadays, most people, many teachers included, don’t know what a verb or noun is !

(We used to be taught (incorrectly) Raven...Remember affect verb effect noun)

 

So, if a noun is a naming word, and a verb is an action word.

 

A descriptor of a verb, is called an adverb.

 

A descriptor of a noun, is called an adnoun? Oh wait, no, that's not right! It's an adjective! That makes no sense, why didn't they call it an adnoun?