Lammy
Registered Abuser
What the hell is the difference between 'effect' and 'affect'?
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Even more difficult than trying to explain the offside rule to a woman!!
- Thread starter Lammy
- Start date
Digweeds Trousers
New member
Effect - Outcome - What will be the effect physically of you punching my lights out
Affect - Is my behaviour going to affect your decision to punch my lights out
I think
Affect - Is my behaviour going to affect your decision to punch my lights out
I think
Scotty Mac
New member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 24,405
is there a difference? i thought one was the american spelling and one british
Effect as a verb means to enable
Mark McGhee wanted to bring some new players into the side and effected the changes immediately.
To affect means to have an influence on.
The new players were affected by the crowd noise.
Next week: compliment and complement
Mark McGhee wanted to bring some new players into the side and effected the changes immediately.
To affect means to have an influence on.
The new players were affected by the crowd noise.
Next week: compliment and complement
Last edited:
Scotty Mac
New member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 24,405
i see - effective is an effect of something
and affective is when something effects you
and affective is when something effects you
Scotty M said:
NO! Something cannot 'effect' you. It 'affects' you - as Yorkie put it so well this means it has influenced you in some way.
And effect(ive) relates to how well something or someone does something.
I didn't get an A in English A level for nothing I tell you
Gritt23
New member
Anyway, I'm not a woman, and I've been watching football for over 25 years, but I can't understand the offside rule these days. Can someone try explaining it to me?
John Dorian
Glass Case of EMOTION
well gritt23, it is when the ball is played to a err.....no let me check the manuals !!!
London Irish
Well-known member
What's the confusion? Two completely different words that mean different things.
Still, I know plenty of jounalists who still get it wrong
The week after: principle and principal, license and licence
Still, I know plenty of jounalists who still get it wrong
The week after: principle and principal, license and licence
Bobby's Gull
DAFT Bint
samparish said:
I didn't get an A in English A level for nothing I tell you
Brightonfan1983
Well-known member
One is a noun and the other is a verb...an effect...to affect...
Tooting Gull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,035
Can't you 'affect' an injury, meaning to fake...(who said Leon...). Presumably affectation comes from that too, meaning those that have them are total phonies.
NMH
Banned
What about "the Pink Floyd used some lighting effects in their gig, but the fans remained unaffected"
Scotty Mac
New member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 24,405
samparish said:NO! Something cannot 'effect' you. It 'affects' you - as Yorkie put it so well this means it has influenced you in some way.
And effect(ive) relates to how well something or someone does something.
I didn't get an A in English A level for nothing I tell you
i got an a in english gcse and i still don't understand! my brain hurts
¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤
Banned
I'm lost
Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms
King of Sussex
From the OED....
affect, v.1
1. trans. To aim at, aspire to, or make for; to seek to obtain or attain. a. a thing. Obs.
b. to do a thing.
2. To be drawn to, have affection or liking for; to take to, be fond of, show preference for; to fancy, like, or love. a. a person. arch. or ? Obs.
b. a thing. arch.
c. a thing touching one's own practice: To like to practise, use, wear, or frequent.
d. to do a thing. ? Obs.
e. absol. To incline or like. Obs.
3. Of animals and plants: To frequent naturally or habitually, to haunt, to inhabit.
4. Of things: To have or display a natural tendency toward, to tend to assume or put on.
5. To show ostentatiously a liking for; to make an ostentatious use or display of; to take upon oneself artificially or for effect, to assume.
b. To assume the character of (a person).
c. with inf.: To ‘profess,’ take upon one.
Hence, by imperceptible gradations,
6. a. To put on a pretence of; to assume a false appearance of, to counterfeit or pretend.
b. with inf. (or gerund).
7. absol. To assume artificial or pretended manners; to put on airs. Obs. rare.
affect, v.2
1. To attack, lay hold of, act upon contagiously, or attaint (as, or after the manner of, a disease). Rare in the active voice in earlier usage.
2. To attaint with a crime or offence: ‘a phrase merely juridical.’ J. Obs.
3. To lay hold of, impress, or act upon (in mind or feelings); to influence, move, touch.
4. To make a material impression on; to act upon, influence, move, touch, or have an effect on.
5. To apply specially; to assign, to allot; to attribute. (Only in passive voice, as in mod.Fr., though in 17th c. Fr. active, as in L.)
effect, n.
1. a. Something accomplished, caused, or produced; a result, consequence. Correlative with CAUSE.
b. collective and abstr. Results in general; the quality of producing a result, efficacy. Phrases, with effect, of no (none) effect.
c. Mechanics. The amount of work done in a given time. useful effect: the net result, after making deductions for loss from friction, etc.
d. Any of various phenomena of physical science, e.g. those connected with electric currents, usually named after the first discoverer or describer of the appearance. See also DOPPLER, EINSTEIN, FARADAY, ZEEMAN.
e. Psychol. (See quots.)
2. a. A contemplated result, a purpose; chiefly in phrases, to this or that effect, to the effect that (obs.). b. In the same phrases: Purport; drift, tenor, essential significance.
3. a. An outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon. Obs.
b. A (pleasing or remarkable) combination of colour or form in a picture, a landscape, etc. Also of music (see also quot. 1938). Cf. 6.
c. (Cf. STAGE-effect, sound-effect.) Now usu. in pl.: the various aids and contrivances (appropriate ‘noises off’, lighting, etc.) used to accompany and vivify the production of plays, films, or broadcasts. Also attrib., as in effects studio, microphone, etc.
4. a. Something which is attained or acquired by an action. Obs.
b. pl. ‘Goods and chattels’, movable property. personal effects: personal luggage as distinguished from merchandise, etc. Also with wider meaning in phrase no effects: written by bankers on dishonoured cheques when the drawer has no funds in the bank; also, to leave no effects: to leave nothing for one's heirs.
5. a. Operative influence; a mode or degree of operation on an object.
b. The state or fact of being operative. to give effect to: to render operative. to take effect: to become operative: to prove successful; (of a law, an agreement, etc.) to come into force (from a certain date).
6. The impression produced on a beholder, hearer, or reader, esp. by a work of art or literature; sometimes = general effect, the impression produced by a picture, building, etc., viewed as a whole. for effect: for the sake of creating a telling impression on the minds of spectators or hearers.
7. a. Accomplishment, fulfilment. Now only in phrases, to bring to effect, carry into effect: to accomplish, bring to a successful issue; to put into effect: to accomplish, to realize.
b. Practical reality, fact, as opposed to name or appearance: see 8. Obs.
8. in effect: formerly = in fact, in reality, opposed to in show, in words. In mod. use, virtually, substantially, so far as the result is concerned (see senses 1, 2).
9. [After Fr. effet.] (See quot.)
Hope that clears things up.
affect, v.1
1. trans. To aim at, aspire to, or make for; to seek to obtain or attain. a. a thing. Obs.
b. to do a thing.
2. To be drawn to, have affection or liking for; to take to, be fond of, show preference for; to fancy, like, or love. a. a person. arch. or ? Obs.
b. a thing. arch.
c. a thing touching one's own practice: To like to practise, use, wear, or frequent.
d. to do a thing. ? Obs.
e. absol. To incline or like. Obs.
3. Of animals and plants: To frequent naturally or habitually, to haunt, to inhabit.
4. Of things: To have or display a natural tendency toward, to tend to assume or put on.
5. To show ostentatiously a liking for; to make an ostentatious use or display of; to take upon oneself artificially or for effect, to assume.
b. To assume the character of (a person).
c. with inf.: To ‘profess,’ take upon one.
Hence, by imperceptible gradations,
6. a. To put on a pretence of; to assume a false appearance of, to counterfeit or pretend.
b. with inf. (or gerund).
7. absol. To assume artificial or pretended manners; to put on airs. Obs. rare.
affect, v.2
1. To attack, lay hold of, act upon contagiously, or attaint (as, or after the manner of, a disease). Rare in the active voice in earlier usage.
2. To attaint with a crime or offence: ‘a phrase merely juridical.’ J. Obs.
3. To lay hold of, impress, or act upon (in mind or feelings); to influence, move, touch.
4. To make a material impression on; to act upon, influence, move, touch, or have an effect on.
5. To apply specially; to assign, to allot; to attribute. (Only in passive voice, as in mod.Fr., though in 17th c. Fr. active, as in L.)
effect, n.
1. a. Something accomplished, caused, or produced; a result, consequence. Correlative with CAUSE.
b. collective and abstr. Results in general; the quality of producing a result, efficacy. Phrases, with effect, of no (none) effect.
c. Mechanics. The amount of work done in a given time. useful effect: the net result, after making deductions for loss from friction, etc.
d. Any of various phenomena of physical science, e.g. those connected with electric currents, usually named after the first discoverer or describer of the appearance. See also DOPPLER, EINSTEIN, FARADAY, ZEEMAN.
e. Psychol. (See quots.)
2. a. A contemplated result, a purpose; chiefly in phrases, to this or that effect, to the effect that (obs.). b. In the same phrases: Purport; drift, tenor, essential significance.
3. a. An outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon. Obs.
b. A (pleasing or remarkable) combination of colour or form in a picture, a landscape, etc. Also of music (see also quot. 1938). Cf. 6.
c. (Cf. STAGE-effect, sound-effect.) Now usu. in pl.: the various aids and contrivances (appropriate ‘noises off’, lighting, etc.) used to accompany and vivify the production of plays, films, or broadcasts. Also attrib., as in effects studio, microphone, etc.
4. a. Something which is attained or acquired by an action. Obs.
b. pl. ‘Goods and chattels’, movable property. personal effects: personal luggage as distinguished from merchandise, etc. Also with wider meaning in phrase no effects: written by bankers on dishonoured cheques when the drawer has no funds in the bank; also, to leave no effects: to leave nothing for one's heirs.
5. a. Operative influence; a mode or degree of operation on an object.
b. The state or fact of being operative. to give effect to: to render operative. to take effect: to become operative: to prove successful; (of a law, an agreement, etc.) to come into force (from a certain date).
6. The impression produced on a beholder, hearer, or reader, esp. by a work of art or literature; sometimes = general effect, the impression produced by a picture, building, etc., viewed as a whole. for effect: for the sake of creating a telling impression on the minds of spectators or hearers.
7. a. Accomplishment, fulfilment. Now only in phrases, to bring to effect, carry into effect: to accomplish, bring to a successful issue; to put into effect: to accomplish, to realize.
b. Practical reality, fact, as opposed to name or appearance: see 8. Obs.
8. in effect: formerly = in fact, in reality, opposed to in show, in words. In mod. use, virtually, substantially, so far as the result is concerned (see senses 1, 2).
9. [After Fr. effet.] (See quot.)
Hope that clears things up.