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Generally, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. 'The song affected me' / 'the song had a great effect'. Some people use 'effect' as a verb, but they often mean either 'cause' or could better use 'bring about'.
- Generally, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.
- 'The song affected me' / 'the song had a great effect'.
- Some people use 'effect' as a verb, but they often mean either 'cause' or could better use 'bring about'.
- 'They wondered how to effect a change in policy' would be ok, but needlessly confusing when you could say 'They wondered how to bring about a change in policy'.
- Affect as a noun is limited to some specific technical definitions - almost always it's a verb.
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Generally, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. 'The song affected me' / 'the song had a great effect'.
Some people use 'effect' as a verb, but they often mean either 'cause' or could better use 'bring about'. 'They wondered how to effect a change in policy' would be ok, but needlessly confusing when you could say 'They wondered how to bring about a change in policy'.
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Some people use 'effect' as a verb, but they often mean either 'cause' or could better use 'bring about'. 'They wondered how to effect a change in policy' would be ok, but needlessly confusing when you could say 'They wondered how to bring about a change in policy'.
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