How Do You Use Affect And Effect Properly?
• Affect is almost always used as a verb. Unless your topic is psychology, you will rarely need to use affect as a noun. • Typically, when people want to say that one thing has had an impact on another, they will use the verb affect. • For example: • It’s hard to say how the price of gasoline will affect the economy in the long run. • Growing up with three older sisters affected me greatly as a person. • When someone affects you strongly, you may develop affection for them. (Notice in this example that the root of affection is affect.) Effect is almost always used as a noun. • • Typically, when people talk about causes, they also talk about effects. An effect is what is created by some cause. Here are some examples of effect being used as a noun that means “the result of a cause” • It’s hard to say what effect the rising price of gasoline will have on the world economy. • One undesirable effect of not wearing shoes is getting really dirty feet. • The hurricane caused many tragedies, an
