Comments on: Affect vs. Effect: Should I Use Affect or Effect? https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/ GrammarBook.com Wed, 21 Jul 2021 18:14:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-1411881 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:11:56 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-1411881 In reply to Celeste.

Thank you, Celeste. We appreciate hearing that.

]]> By: Celeste https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-1411386 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:14:26 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-1411386 I have been a teacher for about 10 years, and this is literally the best explanation of these two words. Thank you because it can be so frustrating trying to explain this to high school students.

]]> By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-1207308 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:59:52 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-1207308 In reply to Jane.

Your interpretation of “active” and “passive” is a personal one. Grammatically, both of your “Affect” sentences are in the active voice. We are concerned that your method will not always yield the correct result.

]]> By: Jane https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-1190956 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:26:20 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-1190956 I find it easier to think of effect as active and affect as passive.

Effect (Active): His medicine was effective for a short time. The law had a
good effect on his behavior.

Affect (Passive): Her affect was sad. Paralysis affected her legs.

]]> By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-22433 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:07:19 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-22433 In reply to mhikl.

Thank you.

]]> By: mhikl https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/effect-or-affect/#comment-21891 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 17:31:32 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=5#comment-21891 Your explanation is the most succinct of the six I have reviewed. I have copied the examples from the other grammarians but your explanation heads the examples that I have my students study.

Tim’s point is a good one and I shall use ‘in and of itself’ henceforth. Often borrowed worlds have an effect, slightly jarring, distracting from the whole or, as Tim points out, fail to match the meaning of a better word or phrase from the language being used.

And kudos, my dear, for your strength of presence to accept and respond to Tim’s information. I, too, am always thrilled to have my errors pointed out to me. How else can we learn from the habits we accumulate in our journeys through complex lives.

Namaste and care to all sentient beings across our ever-being, not expanding, conscious universe.

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