I wondered if that was the 'bottom line' clue...one's a noun, the other's a verb.
So is it 'side effects' or 'side affects'? From what you posted I'm thinking it's 'side effects'. Right?
Is it 'effective' immediately' or 'affective immediately'? Again, I'm guessing 'effective immediately'...but I really am not getting it through my head.
Oh...are there any little tricks to remembering this? Like "I before E except after C"?
Saw this on a bumper sticker (courtesy of PBS) -----
"Born again, gun-toting, bible believing, pro-life, anti-abortion, right wing homophobic who is of the opinion that the Spotted Owl tastes like chicken" :)
If I were to say that, it might AFFECT you.
And if I were to say that here --- the EFFECT would be 19,000 (plus or minus a few) NEGATIVE posts, castigating me for daring to say such a thing!! :unsure:
Saw this on a bumper sticker (courtesy of PBS) -----
"Born again, gun-toting, bible believing, pro-life, anti-abortion, right wing homophobic who is of the opinion that the Spotted Owl tastes like chicken" :)
David
To those that either do or used to live in the Pacific NW, them thar are fighting words. <_< But knowing who you are David, I forgive you. :P
Everyone's explanations have been correct, but just when you think you've got our magnificently rich language figured out, it throws you another curve. There are also these less common usages:
Main Entry: effect
Function: transitive verb
1 : to cause to come into being
2 a : to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : ACCOMPLISH <effect a settlement of a dispute> b : to put into operation <the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens>
synonym see PERFORM
usage The confusion of the verbs affect and effect is not only quite common but has a long history. Effect was used in place of 3affect as early as 1494 and in place of 2affect as early as 1652. If you think you want to use the verb effect but are not certain, check the definitions in this dictionary. The noun affect is sometimes mistakenly used for effect. Except when your topic is psychology, you will seldom need the noun affect.
Main Entry: af·fect
Pronunciation: 'a-"fekt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin affectus, from afficere
1 obsolete : FEELING, AFFECTION
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes
Linda sort of beat me to the punch; but, yes, effect is used as a verb (though infrequently) as in "to effect a change." (I see it a lot in technical journals.) Affect as a noun is pretty much obsolete.
George
Note also that when a word is used as the word itself and not for what it represents, then it should be italicized or underlined.
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moony3424
Effect is a noun and affect is a verb.
The effect of that is....
He affects everthing he touches.
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CoolWaters
TYVM.
I wondered if that was the 'bottom line' clue...one's a noun, the other's a verb.
So is it 'side effects' or 'side affects'? From what you posted I'm thinking it's 'side effects'. Right?
Is it 'effective' immediately' or 'affective immediately'? Again, I'm guessing 'effective immediately'...but I really am not getting it through my head.
Oh...are there any little tricks to remembering this? Like "I before E except after C"?
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Ron G.
Go to the politics forum.
You'll dicover there are more than two sides to everything and your side can affect the side effects of all the effective affectations.
Hopefully, this will help effectively affect the resulting effects.
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Belle
I just remember the noun/verb thing, but I use my own little weird self-talk that no one else would understand.... ^_^
How about "A"ffect is the "A"ction "A"ffect and
"E"ffect is the "E"nd or "E"ssence?
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Effect is a result of something that happened.
A hangover was the effect of Oenophile's overindulging his passion for pinot noir.
Affect is causal action on the object.
A good pinot noir affects Oenophile's mood in a sunny way.
That's how I keep it straight in my beleaguered and much maligned grey matter.
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Saw this on a bumper sticker (courtesy of PBS) -----
"Born again, gun-toting, bible believing, pro-life, anti-abortion, right wing homophobic who is of the opinion that the Spotted Owl tastes like chicken" :)
If I were to say that, it might AFFECT you.
And if I were to say that here --- the EFFECT would be 19,000 (plus or minus a few) NEGATIVE posts, castigating me for daring to say such a thing!! :unsure:
Verb -- Noun /// Noun -- Verb :lol: :lol:
David
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moony3424
To those that either do or used to live in the Pacific NW, them thar are fighting words. <_< But knowing who you are David, I forgive you. :P
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Mooney -- heh heh heh.,
(ya ever tasted spotted owl??? I haven't, but I've heard it tastes like Rattlesnake, which does indeed taste like chicken). :)
David
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moony3424
No, but I have had gator (which by the way, tastes like chicken). Why, if everything tastes like chicken, don't people just eat chicken?
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George Aar
Spotted Owl actually tastes more like Bald Eagle, or maybe a bit like Whooping Crane...
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templelady
Dmiller's post has AFEFECTED George Aar & mooney3424 with a silly EFFECT
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Everyone's explanations have been correct, but just when you think you've got our magnificently rich language figured out, it throws you another curve. There are also these less common usages:
Main Entry: effect
Function: transitive verb
1 : to cause to come into being
2 a : to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : ACCOMPLISH <effect a settlement of a dispute> b : to put into operation <the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens>
synonym see PERFORM
usage The confusion of the verbs affect and effect is not only quite common but has a long history. Effect was used in place of 3affect as early as 1494 and in place of 2affect as early as 1652. If you think you want to use the verb effect but are not certain, check the definitions in this dictionary. The noun affect is sometimes mistakenly used for effect. Except when your topic is psychology, you will seldom need the noun affect.
Main Entry: af·fect
Pronunciation: 'a-"fekt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin affectus, from afficere
1 obsolete : FEELING, AFFECTION
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes
(From Merriam-Webster Online)
Isn't English fun?!?
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GeorgeStGeorge
Linda sort of beat me to the punch; but, yes, effect is used as a verb (though infrequently) as in "to effect a change." (I see it a lot in technical journals.) Affect as a noun is pretty much obsolete.
George
Note also that when a word is used as the word itself and not for what it represents, then it should be italicized or underlined.
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Raf
And when effect is used as a verb, it means... CAUSE!
I hate that.
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CoolWaters
Well now we have it all on the table...and I'm not even going to try to use what I've learned...yet. Hehehehe.
Thanks bunches {{{{{everybody}}}}}!
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