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Grammar

Affect/effect

When would these grades affect my cumulative GPA.

The accident had a very bad *effect OR affect *on her. :-s

The effect of the crash was horrifying.

Don't let your family crisis have a bad affect on you.

Have I used them right?


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affect is used as a verb whereas effect is a noun normally. The accident had a very bad effect on her. Don't let your family crisis have a bad effect on you.

— Whl626

  • affect is used as a verb whereas effect is a noun normally.
  • The accident had a very bad effect on her.
  • Don't let your family crisis have a bad effect on you.
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affect is used as a verb whereas effect is a noun normally.

The accident had a very bad effect on her.

Don't let your family crisis have a bad effect on you.
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"There are four distinct words here. When "affect" is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning "have an influence on": "The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect my vote against the Clean Air Act." A much rarer meaning is indicated when the word is accented on the first syllable (AFF-ect), meaning "emotion." In this case the word is used mostly by psyc
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