Affect/Effect

If I hear anyone say ‘off of’ I want my old English Teacher, Miss Outhwaite, to put them right. 🧐

RosiesMaw2

I can’t understand why it is such a problem. The words may sound similar but have different meanings.
Like loose and lose - we don’t need rhymes or mnemonics to remember the difference between rite and right or wait and weight do we?
Just different words.

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I can’t understand why it is such a problem. The words may sound similar but have different meanings.
Like loose and lose - we don’t need rhymes or mnemonics to remember the difference between rite and right or wait and weight do we?
Just different words.

Here’s the book.

I have this wonderful little book I regularly use which answers all my grammatical queries.

Calendargirl

But you can say ‘to effect a cure’.

Makes it a verb.

I'm hoping world leaders will come together to effect a peace settlement as the wars could affect us all.

But you can say ‘to effect a cure’.

Makes it a verb.

Effect is quantitative result of a cause as in "The effect of laxatives on me is diarrhoea" Affect is quality of how you feel, in "Laxatives affect me badly."

Thanks Krispii - that's pretty good, now I must remember RAVEN

There is one trick to help you use the right word in almost every case: the word RAVEN:
R = Remember.
A = Affect is a.
V = Verb. E = Effect is a.
N = Noun.

It's a bit of a catch all but mostly works"

welbeck

pascal30

affect also means emotion in MH

Yes that's what I was thinking of.
But it's a special usage.
Best avoided in everyday conversation to reduce muddle.

so true Wellbeck it is used in evaluating a persons mood

pascal30

affect also means emotion in MH

Yes that's what I was thinking of.
But it's a special usage.
Best avoided in everyday conversation to reduce muddle.

maddyone

I don’t know the rhyme, but tend to think that affect is the action, and effect is the result.

Agreed

No sorry. Never heard of it.
But affect is very rarely a noun.
There is a technical usage in psychology.
But not in ordinary usage.

affect also means emotion in MH

I don’t know the rhyme, but tend to think that affect is the action, and effect is the result.