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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Effected or Affected

Which is correct in the following sentence.

"The heart gets effected first."

"The heart gets affected first."

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effected = put into action affected = moved/changed so you'll want 'affected' just think of the words 'affection' and 'affectionate' and you'll remember d

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  • effected = put into action affected = moved/changed so you'll want 'affected' just think of the words 'affection' and 'affectionate' and you'll remember d
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effected = put into action
affected = moved/changed

so you'll want 'affected'

just think of the words 'affection' and 'affectionate' and you'll remember
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The heart gets affected first. Affect is a verb and effect is generally classed as a noun. There is a description here of the use of the two including the less common instance in which effect is used as a verb meaning to achieve or produce:

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dic
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