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Anshh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Affect or effect
Merry Christmas everyone,
I had been writing something about the negative impacts on globalization, when I got stuck. I had planned out some heads, two of which are "Affect on small producers" & "Affect on workers". I feel that Effect should be used instead of Affect, and I am so confused. Please help me out. How do I prevent myself from getting confused and what is right in this case?
A very hearty thanks in advance.
I had been writing something about the negative impacts on globalization, when I got stuck. I had planned out some heads, two of which are "Affect on small producers" & "Affect on workers". I feel that Effect should be used instead of Affect, and I am so confused. Please help me out. How do I prevent myself from getting confused and what is right in this case?
A very hearty thanks in advance.
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anshh I feel that Effect should be used instead of Affect That's correct. anshh How do I prevent myself from getting confused and what is right in this case? effect is a noun and affect is a verb (to have an effect on, influence).
- anshh I feel that Effect should be used instead of Affect That's correct.
- anshh How do I prevent myself from getting confused and what is right in this case?
- effect is a noun and affect is a verb (to have an effect on, influence).
- You need a noun.
- 9% of the time.
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anshhI feel that Effect should be used instead of AffectThat's correct.
anshhHow do I prevent myself from getting confused and what is right in this case?effect is a noun and affect is a verb (to have an effect on, influence). You need a noun.
This rule works 99.9% of the time. Don't worry about th
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CalifJim Don't worry about the other weird cases.The weird case sometimes tested is 'effect' vs 'affect' as verbs:
effect = do, accomplish
affect = influence
The pollen affected my sinuses, so my doctor effected a cure.
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"effect" as a verb is certainly much less common than "effect" as a noun or "affect" as a verb, but I would not call it "weird".
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GPY"effect" as a verb is certainly much less common than "effect" as a noun or "affect" as a verb, but I would not call it "weird".Just my catch-all word for the other 0.1%. Don't worry about it.
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