affect vs effect

Hi there. The basic grammatical difference between the two is that 'affect' is a mostly used as verb and 'effect' is used as a noun. 'Effect' is the result of consequence of an action whereas 'affect' is an action itself. More clearly, 'affect' produces 'effect'. For more information you can visit www.dictionary.com and type in AFFECT. it will give you the meaning and also a usage note at the end will help you understand the difference. Hope this helps you :)

Affect, it is like this, how things would affect your life? Effects generally cater to the result, like for example, what would be the effect if you mix a poison in the rats foods.I hope I made it easy to understand.

Hi stacyv81! I have searched for this so my response to you here will be more clearly than if I will be using my own words. haha.. Here's what I got: What is the difference....exactly? * Use effect when you mean: RESULT, TO CAUSE, TO ACCOMPLISH, TO BRING ABOUT, or when preceded by A, AN, ANY, THE, TAKE, INTO, and NO. (These words may be separated from effect by an adjective.) Example: Her statement effected great emotion with the teachers. (Her statement caused great emotion.) * Use affect when you mean: TO INFLUENCE SOMETHING RATHER THAN CAUSE or AS A NOUN TO EXPRESS EMOTION. Example: Will the campaign contributions affect his voting? (Will the contributions influence his voting?) Hope this help somehow. Take care and have a great day! lovelots..faith

No you don't sound dumb, as I have always had this problem as well. The words sound basically the same so it is hard to differentiate. I just thought of this before posting and thought it might be helpful - when you say effect think of special effects... lol hmm, well here's a link that will probably be more helpful then that little idea above, lol. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/affect-versus-effect.aspx FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED : THE ABOVE IS NOT A REFERRAL LINK.

Hello stacy! I got confused about those words too when I was young but then now I tried to be careful. I guess the meaning of affect is a feeling that you've been touch by or something or you've been move by something. For ex. You are affected (past tense) when your boyfriend leaves you. For me effect means is the result of your action. for example, You didn't pass the exam because you did not study your lesson. (you did not pass is the effect and you did not study is the cause why you did not pass) I don't think you're dumb..these words are somehow confusing..