AFFECT/EFFECT

Adnan · **مرسل:** الثلاثاء أغسطس 28, 2007 12:10 pm

Hi everybody
these are four differences between
AFFECT/EFFECT

There are four distinct words here. When "affect" is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning "have an influence on": "The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect my vote against the Clean Air Act." A much rarer meaning is indicated when the word is accented on the first syllable (AFF-ect), meaning "emotion." In this case the word is used mostly by psychiatrists and social scientists--people who normally know how to spell it. The real problem arises when people confuse the first spelling with the second: "effect." This too can be two different words. The most common one is a noun: "When I left the stove on, the effect was that the house filled with smoke." When you affect a situation, you have an effect on it. The less common is a verb meaning "to create": "I'm trying to effect a change in the way we purchase widgets." No wonder people are confused. Note especially that the proper expression is not "take affect" but "take effect"--become effective.
Hey, nobody ever said English was logical; just memorize it and get on with your life.

Nawwar · **مرسل:** الثلاثاء أغسطس 28, 2007 12:52 pm

Well, as for me, I don't find any difficulty in using the two words or rather to separate between them

Roula · **مرسل:** الثلاثاء أغسطس 28, 2007 1:07 pm

[englishtext]Adnan, thanx 4 ur good information

Nawwar, u don't find a difficulty coz u r a third year student but I think for the first year students it is a very useful and critical information

don't u think so

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Nawwar · **مرسل:** الثلاثاء أغسطس 28, 2007 2:11 pm

Yes dear Roula I believe you are right!!!!! Sorry

Adnan · **مرسل:** الأربعاء أغسطس 29, 2007 5:29 pm

Nawwar, Roula,
thanks

Raghad · **مرسل:** الأربعاء أغسطس 29, 2007 8:23 pm

Adnan

I want to thank you for this simple and impotant rule

It is really useful

God bless you

Keep going

Adnan · **مرسل:** الخميس أغسطس 30, 2007 12:40 pm

Raghad,
thanks alot

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