Use of affect and effect
The word ‘affect’ is usually a verb, it means ‘to influence’ or ‘to impact’ something. Let’s consider this headline from a news website,
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- Winter Storm Affects Electric Customers
- The Effect of Persistent Sleepless Nights
Examples sentences using ‘affect’
- It seems that Hillary intended to affect me personally.
- I do assure you that the news does not affect me either with pleasure or pain.
- To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
- No, on my honor, that result will not affect you.
- Would her death affect any one's interest in the project?
- How did the honor or disgrace of Macbeth affect you?
- Dramatic increases in minimum wage affect the general rates of both wages and profit.
- Her downfall may be unknown to him, and cannot directly affect him.
- The crowd didn't affect me, but it must have affected the referees.
Examples sentences using ‘effect’
- The effect was complete and utter destruction.
- Her emotional outburst was purely for effect.
- The new policies go into effect next month.
- Law reform can have a positive effect.
- The effect of the hurricane was devastating.
- You’ll feel the effect of the drug in the next ten minutes.
- The soldiers’ big win had an effect on their overall confidence level.
- Political uncertainty has a positive effect on Bitcoin.
- But, unluckily for her ladyship, its effect had been exactly contrariwise.
- The opportunity for reflection afforded by solitary confinement had its effect.
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- Different neurodegenerative diseases can affect metabolism levels.
- The Russian Revolution in 1917 did not at first adversely affect the family.
- They breathe because it doesn't affect the functions of the throat.
- American criminal law distinguishes "asthenic affect" (fear) from "sthenic affect" (anger).
- Excessive self-defense due to asthenic affect is not punishable.
- This event would deeply affect Hillary on both a personal and professional level.
- The emergence of jazz fusion affected the US and Europe.
- The act was not expected to affect existing credit card contracts.
- The color of food can affect the perception of sweetness.
- An exchange of players does not affect the points a team has won up till then.
- Accidents affect insurance premiums greatly.
- Each of these factors needs to be assessed on how they affect the biodegradation of the polymer.
- There may be BIOS settings that affect this parameter.
- Many of these genes affect the first oxidative phosphorylation complex.
- There are different religious influences presented that affect the family.
- The tornado affected citizens within twenty miles of Cincinnati.
- The medicine will affect his eyesight for at least two hours.
- Winning the gymnastics medal affected Ron’s behavior at home.
- FFA is estimated to affect over 25% of the population over age 50.
Examples sentences using ‘effect’
- The effect was strange, and fine, and very striking.
- The disagreement effect my father was trying to .
- He watched the effect of this question on the old man.
- Do you recollect that ball, count, where you produced such an effect?
- It has accordingly been the effect of violence and artifice.
- As to its effect upon the nation, there is abundant evidence.
- The rugged eloquence with which he spoke, was not devoid of all effect.
- The P-300 effect has been recognized for nearly twenty years.
- Effect on earnings and other labor market outcomes.
- Company strategy and the effect on the capital market.
- Treatment may have some effect on insight.
- The most serious effect was the emergence of chronic unemployment.
- A similar effect is obtained in the Kanizsa triangle.
- This has been in effect since the 2010-2011 school year.
- This is a common side effect in all spice addicts.
- Crystalloluminescence is the effect of luminescence produced during crystallization.
- Nonetheless, none were effect at the end of the 1960s.
- You should understand the effect of credit inquiries on credit scores.
- This undemanding system was in effect until the year 1962.
- The net effect is a decrease in sympathetic tone.
- This effect is seen more in the atrium than the ventricle.
- A representational image presented to that effect is the "Door".
- The net effect of the ban was to increase publicity.
- Whether this law has its desired effect is debatable.
- In effect Capesize reads as "unlimited".