+138 There's a huge difference between affect and effect, but no one knows what it is. Amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Affect is a verb and effect is a noun!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate it when people don't know the difference! My history teacher NEEDS TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE!!!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It also goes the other way ("schizophrenic people have a flat affect", meaning the way they respond to situations; "an uprising can effect a change in the social order", meaning cause). But the other ways are rarely used, and mean something entirely different, so in general you're right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'll try to explain: I was affected by my grandmother's death. My mother's isolation was one of the effects of my grandmother's death.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Effect is due to a consequence of something. Affect is usually how someone feels.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We just had a lesson on this in school.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are you in 3rd grade?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, 8th.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

o_o

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know, right? :P We do this lesson once every year..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Affect is a verb and effect is a noun EXCEPT in sentences like: My grandmother's death effected a change in my family.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

RAVEN= R(ignore) Affect Verb Effect Noun. Thats how I remember it at least.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"I was affected by that effect."

by Anonymous 13 years ago