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Quote from: alexarch on May 10, 2008, 09:38:30 PMQuote from: faceboy on May 10, 2008, 06:45:41 PMYou should probably move your computer out of the greenhouse, it's starting to affect your brain.I know this is an appropriate query for faceboy. Please explain the difference between affect and effect as verb. (I understand effect as a noun.) And this is a sincere request. I'm all into words right now.http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.htmlI think, basically, "effect" as a verb means "to create" or "to bring about" whereas "affect" means "to have influence on" — alter, impact, etc. So Obama will effect change, whereas McCain will affect my sanity.I hope that answers your queery.pixote
Quote from: faceboy on May 10, 2008, 06:45:41 PMYou should probably move your computer out of the greenhouse, it's starting to affect your brain.I know this is an appropriate query for faceboy. Please explain the difference between affect and effect as verb. (I understand effect as a noun.) And this is a sincere request. I'm all into words right now.
You should probably move your computer out of the greenhouse, it's starting to affect your brain.
af·fect–verb (used with object) 1. to act on; produce an effect or change in
It's like the to two Spanish words for "to be." Yo estoy cansado. Yo soy Alex. The definitions are so close to each other that it's really difficult to understand the fine distinction.
Have an example?Also, does it help to relate the verbs to the nouns? effect = put into effect, affect = change the affect of?
Quote from: pixote on May 10, 2008, 10:09:11 PMAlso, does it help to relate the verbs to the nouns? effect = put into effect, affect = change the affect of?I think you mean "affect = change the effect of"
Also, does it help to relate the verbs to the nouns? effect = put into effect, affect = change the affect of?