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low_delta ([personal profile] low_delta) wrote2006-12-19 09:25 pm
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affect vs. effect

I know the difference between the words "affect" and "effect," but I have trouble explaining it. "Affect" is a verb, and "effect" is a noun (most commonly). That explains it pretty well, actually, but people still have trouble remembering. Does anyone have any mnemonic or any kind of trick they use to remember?
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[identity profile] vwip.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Keep 'affection' and 'effective' in mind?

[identity profile] shoo.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
my posts must drive you crazy...I can still make the "your and you're"
You know you love me. :)

[identity profile] serendipity.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah: affect is active. At least that helps me remember.

[identity profile] rivendweller.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)


"You cannot affect the effect!" In this sentence, "affect" is the verb, and "effect" is the noun. "A" comes before "E" in the alphabet.

[identity profile] rdsc.livejournal.com 2006-12-21 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Inside and outside - might not work all the time, but that's how I work it out. There and their is what does me in.

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[identity profile] the-99th-aisle.livejournal.com 2006-12-21 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
There's also "effect" is the sense that means "to produce the effect of" as in "The politician attempted to effect a change in civil rights legislation," which is essentially the same thing as "The politician attempted to affect the course of civil rights legislation."

As for me, I always have problems deciding when to double a consonant. Referring and traveling and bookkeeppingg. Yupp.
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