Hello fellow forum goers! I'm am making this thread for all those that failed 5th grade English class! Today's Lesson: Effect VS Affect - What to use, and when! Today's lesson is a short one, like many of them are. It's simple, so let's begin! Affect is usually a verb, and effect is usually a noun. To affect something is to change or influence it, and an effect is something that happens due to a cause. When you affect something, it produces an effect. Effect - Most commonly used as a noun. Ex. The smell of freshly baked bread may have positive effects far beyond the obvious ones. Note: If there's "a/an/the" in front of it, it's an effect. Adding to the confusion, effect can also be used as a verb to mean to produce or to cause to come into being. Here's an example that uses it correctly, A government unable to effect any change is a government that will produce no surprises. Put another way, a government that can't produce change won't be able to produce surprises; it will be predictable. Affect - Most commonly used as a verb. Ex. The storm knocked down power lines, affecting several thousand people in rural communities. Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. Another trick is to remember that affect comes first alphabetically, and an action (to affect) has to occur before you can have a result (an effect). That concludes today's lesson, and hopefully you learned something from it! Now you can stop being flamed by internet trolls when you don't use correct English! Previously Done Lessons You're VS Your Next Planned Lessons Two, Too, or To? Whose VS Who's They're, There, and Their It's and Its Who and Whom Our vs Are Than / Then - Cobra the English Teacher
I have this recurring dream of my 5th grade ogreish looking English teacher Mrs.____ chasing after me whilst wearing only a thong yelling at me about my use of a dangling participle!!! Needless to say,I awaken in a cold sweat every time.Will the proper use of participles be covered? Shouldn't it be dangling ordinarily? And if not,please explain proper usage. Thank you sincerely Mr. English teacher. I'm truthfully concerned for my participle!
Surprised that being English a second language for me (which I never finished to study, btw), I've been using it correctly all this time. And even a "dev" in a thread used wrongly effect as verb. I had this doubt because in my language the difference is clear and never ever heard anyone confusing them, so I didn't know if it was a mistake or the translation is not as transparent as I thought. Well it turns that it is transparent, indeed, and maybe that is why I don't confuse them. To affect: afectar. Effect: efecto.
Well I mean you made multiple grammar errors in this paragraph. I understand that it's your second language, but it's the Internet. Everyone has errors.
The use of the word effect can be affected by the effect of the word affect. The effect of using the wrong word of either effect or affect is that it will affect the person's thinking of you.
But you still didn't explain when it's appropriate to use fx? Ever since the popular 1980's action movie Special FX, starring antipodean thespian Bryan Brown, I have been unable to get a definitive answer. Thanks in advance.