Re: When to use "affect" vs "effect" (lay vs lie, who vs whom, fewer vs less), etc.
From: Ross TenEyck (teneyck_at_alumnae.caltech.edu)
Date: 07/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:36:13 +0000 (UTC)
lindig@mindspring.com (Lin Digs Books) writes:
>"Carmen L. Abruzzi" <carmenlabruzzi@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2lhmeoFciijaU1@uni-berlin.de>...
>> Orak Listalavostok wrote:
>> > Do you have a sentence that uses "effect" & "affect" properly?
>Affect is a verb only, nothing else (unless you're a psychologist,
>i.e. "flat affect")
The noun "affect" may be rare outside of psychology, but it's still
common enough that people should know about it.
>Effect can be either verb or noun.
>According to the American heritage Dict. usage note:
>These words have no senses in common; therefore the tendency to
>confuse the words must be guarded against closely.
>As verbs, affect is used principally n the senses of influence (how
>smoking affects health) and pretense or imitation (affecting
>nochalance to hide fear), whereas effect applies only to
>accomplishment or execution (means adopted to effect an end).
However, there are some cases where either "affect" or "effect" could
be used in the same sentence, producing subtly different meanings:
"I affected the election of the chairman" means "I had some influence
on the election."
"I effected the election of the chairman" means "I caused the election
to come about."
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