Thursday, March 12, 2009

Affect and Effect

To know how to use words you need to know what they mean. So here ya go...

Affect means: To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.

Effect means: Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.

Here are how to properly use effect and affect...
Effect
Example: What effect did the loss have on the team?
Affect
Example: In analyzing a situation, it is important to take the concepts of cause and effect into consideration.

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