This change will not affect your retirement funds.The medicine does not affect her condition.His mood always has a effect on mine.Ĭompare these sentences, in which neither bad nor good makes sense before the word without restructuring the sentence.This setting softens the effect of the ceiling lights.This change will have no effect on your retirement funds.In the lab it is difficult to duplicate the effect of the weather on the siding.The medicine had no effect on her condition.
If it is not easy for you to distinguish between a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea) and a verb (a word that generally shows action), here is a tip: If you can insert the word bad or good in front of the word and it makes sense, it is a noun.Īpplying the bad or good tip to choosing affect or effect, if you can insert bad or good in front of the word, 99 percent of the time your correct choice will be effect. This setting softens the harsh effect of the ceiling lights.If you are choosing a noun, your correct choice will be effect 99 percent of the time.
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Updated 14 September, 2022 – People in business writing classes have been asking for ways to know whether affect or effect is correct.
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