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mings
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 Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:14 am Post subject: affect/effect. |
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Please help me.
Is "affect" the same as "effect?
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bud
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:15 am Post subject: |
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"Affect" is usually a verb. "Effect" is a noun. If you affect something, then you have caused an effect in it.
In psychology, "affect" can be a noun. It describes the way in which a person acts with others. It's how others perceive that person. |
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mings
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much for your help. |
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LucentShade
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: Re: affect/effect. |
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| mings wrote: |
Please help me.
Is "affect" the same as "effect?
Thanks. |
Hmm...you'll probably see these two words confused by native speakers quite often, as the trend these days is "vowel pronounced as schwa=write it however we want"  ~ not good.
Actually, both can be nouns or verbs:
affect (verb) -- influence, alter, change
affect (noun) -- feeling, emotion (used in psychology)
effect (noun) result, consequence
effect (verb) create, build, cause to happen.
affect (noun) and effect (verb) are not very common in everyday conversation, so focus on affect (verb) and effect (noun) |
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