I think effect is when you are speaking of a result of something else and affect is a personal response to a stimuli. My sis says affect is an emotional result-can you set us staright?
2006-11-25 02:27:14 · 10 answers · asked by mom is a freak 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You are right. Affect is when you say something has affected you. Effect is the result as a cause, thus cause and effect. I always remember it this way, if it hasn't affected me or something else, then use effect. Examples: The pavement is hot because of the effects of the sun. The sun's heat affected the pavement, thus making it hot.
2006-11-25 02:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by jeffandchristymoss@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
affect is a noun as well as a verb!
Main Entry: 1af·fect
Pronunciation: 'a-"fekt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin affectus, from afficere
1 obsolete : FEELING, AFFECTION
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes; also : a set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion
but....many people misuse it...
and btw...stimuli are plural...stimulus is singular
2006-11-25 02:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by silentnonrev 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The weather will affect (verb) the game.
The weather had an effect (noun) on the game.
2006-11-25 02:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Effect is a noun, affect is a verb.
2006-11-25 02:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by chaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
affect is a verb and would be used to describe something happening to another thing.. this affected that.
effect is a noun and would the actually item that it had happened to
2006-11-25 02:31:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The effects in the movie were great.
You're affecting my behavior.
2006-11-25 02:30:47 · answer #6 · answered by enya0301 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, actually, you're both saying the the same thing. In this context "personal response" and "emotional result" mean the same thiing, and you're both correct.
2006-11-25 02:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by dulcrayon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many meanings for each of them. you gotta look them up in a dictionary.
p.s. the way you both are using affect is very rarely used in American English. the only time I hear it is in Seasonal Affective Disorder, a mood disorder
2006-11-25 02:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
affect is a verb, effect is a noun
2006-11-25 03:26:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Effect is an outcome.
Affect is what one does to bring about an outcome.
2006-11-25 02:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by gg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋