Affect VS. Effect

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Krynj

Krynj

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Of course dictionary.com can tell me the difference. I try to keep my grammar up to par, but these two fucking words kill me.

Does anybody know of any sort of cute rhyme, phrase, or metaphor to remember which affect/effect is to be used when?

"These special effects are sweet!"
"This doesn't affect me at all."

I think "affect" applies to something mental (feelings, thoughts), whereas "effect" is something physical. I dunno. These 2 words are pretty much the biggest thorn in the side of the English language.

I'm also drunk. So, that's pretty fucking sweet.
 
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The easiest way is to think if you can use a synonym for affect (influece etc)
 
Krynj

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Originally posted by: badkarma1399
I affected the effect. Its pretty easy tbh. OP is a tard? :p
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Haha. Makes total sense now. Verb and noun.

And yes, OP is a tard.

Not sure why this was always a problem for me. The there/their/they're and your/you're weren't ever a problem. Or the whose/who's. Just these 2. This helps a lot.
 
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Religion affects your mental well being.
Religion has an effect on your mental well being.
 
Krynj

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Affect = sometimes ending with 'ing'?

Effect = will never have to end with 'ing'?
 
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Originally posted by: FetusCakeMix
Affect = sometimes ending with 'ing'?

Effect = will never have to end with 'ing'?
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Effecting change in your grammar outlook may prove problematic.
 
Perknose

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Originally posted by: FetusCakeMix
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Uh, no.

Kindly climb out of the ghetto of your google bounded edumacation and smarten up yourself, son.

tr.v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects

1. To bring into existence.
2. To produce as a result.
3. To bring about.
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Edit: Like I said:

Effecting change in your grammar outlook may prove problematic.
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Btw, Leroy, "effecting" here is a verbal. You do know what a verbal is, right?

Right?
 
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Oh, but affect can be a noun as well. Similarly, effect can be a verb.

Think the affect of a character.

Or, one could effect a change.

Did that just blow your mind?
 
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Originally posted by: jinduy
i still have problems with who vs whom
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Do you understand pronouns in general or subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects? Who is a nominative pronoun, whereas whom is a objective pronoun. This means that who acts as a subject or follows a linking verb, while whom acts a direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

Examples:
To whom is this letter addressed? (object of preposition)

Who are you? (subject)

He hit whom? (direct object)

The man, who likes the girl, is funny. (who is the subject of the adjective clause)

And so on. Anyway, no one seems to care about these delicate intricacies of grammar these days.
 
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