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This video explains the difference between affect and effect and provide tips for remembering which is which and when to use each one. If you suffer from Affect-Effect Switcheroo Syndrome, this video could be the cure.
Transcript
- 00:04
Affect versus Effect, a la Shmoop. If you suffer from Affect-Effect Switcheroo
- 00:10
Syndrome, don’t worry… you’re not alone. It’s an easily curable grammatical disease…
- 00:15
here’s the first thing you need to know:
- 00:18
Generally speaking, “affect” spelled with an “a” is a verb...
- 00:19
...and “effect” spelled with an “e” is a noun.
Full Transcript
- 00:22
The verb “affect”...
- 00:23
...that's “affect” with an “a”...
- 00:28
...means “to influence” or “to change.”
- 00:32
The movie “Twilight” affected Joe Bob's faith in humanity.
- 00:36
Yeah, it affected ours, too. The verb “affect”...
- 00:39
...that's “affect” with an “a” again...
- 00:41
...can also mean “to act in a way you don't feel.”
- 00:43
Joe Bob affected a love for “Twilight” so Betty Jean would go out with him. Yeah…
- 00:48
Betty Jean is smokin' hot. Now, the noun “effect”...
- 00:53
...that's “effect” with an “e”...
- 00:56
...essentially means “a result.”
- 00:58
For example, Sue watched the movie Grown-Ups so many times that it had a negative effect
- 01:03
on her brain cells.
- 01:05
Want help remembering which is which?
- 01:07
Affect is a verb… and starts with the same letter as action.
- 01:11
Effect is a noun… and starts with the same letter as entity.
- 01:14
Of course, there are a few exceptions to the rules…
- 01:18
…for example, if you do something nice for Mother Earth, it could be said that you are
- 01:22
“effecting change”…
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…but as long as you remember that affect with an a is almost always a verb and effect
- 01:29
with an e is almost always a noun… you’ll be good to go.
- 01:33
And that’s… a-fact.
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