Saturday, January 8, 2011

day 8: affect vs effect

Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun


I can remember learning about affect and effect in school--and being completely confused all of the time. Is that how you feel? Well, get ready to be relieved of your affect/effect phobia!

Generally speaking, you can count on Affect being a Verb and Effect being a Noun. So how does this help you?

That will not AFFECT the outcome--Verb meaning influence or alter

Her job did not AFFECT her college studies---Verb meaning influence or alter

What is the EFFECT of her test scores?--Noun meaning result

This will have no EFFECT on my performance---Noun meaning result

So...just remember RAVEN--and you will always use the proper AFFECT/EFFECT! Remember Affect is a VERB and Effect is a Noun.

Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun

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