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Grammar
Affect/effect
Which is correct?
Learn how the new law affects you.
Learn how the new law effects you.
Learn how the new law affects you.
Learn how the new law effects you.
Top answer
Is it a verb or a noun? Verb:Does it mean something like "have an effect on"? Noun: Or does it mean something like "a/the result"?
- Is it a verb or a noun?
- Verb:Does it mean something like "have an effect on"?
- Noun: Or does it mean something like "a/the result"?
- Read the post.
- Then tell us what you think the answer is and we'll check it.
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Is it a verb or a noun?
Verb:Does it mean something like "have an effect on"?
Noun: Or does it mean something like "a/the result"?
Read the post. Then tell us what you think the answer is and we'll check it. OK?
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Actual sentence that I used:
"Learn how the new amendment effects you."
If you have to DO something (install shutters if you don't already have them), it seems to be a verb.
On the other hand, the RESULT is: (if you are not already in compliance) that it will make you do something.
Summary: still not immediately clear how to choose, but I had chosen, "effe
"Learn how the new amendment effects you."
If you have to DO something (install shutters if you don't already have them), it seems to be a verb.
On the other hand, the RESULT is: (if you are not already in compliance) that it will make you do something.
Summary: still not immediately clear how to choose, but I had chosen, "effe
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Yes, "doing something" is what usually makes a word a verb.
Learn how the new amendment "does something to" you.
Learn how the new amendment "has an effect on" you.
Learn how the new amendment affects you.
The new amendment is "doing something".
You are the one "something is being done to".
So it's a verb. "affect" is the verb. "effect" is the
Learn how the new amendment "does something to" you.
Learn how the new amendment "has an effect on" you.
Learn how the new amendment affects you.
The new amendment is "doing something".
You are the one "something is being done to".
So it's a verb. "affect" is the verb. "effect" is the
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