Generally speaking, the difference is this: 一般来讲，这两个词的区别如下： “affect” is a verb meaning to have an influence on, to cause a change in something (often negative)， “affect(影响)”，作为动词使用，指的是对某物施加影响，或导致某物的改变 ...

“Affect” is a verb, and “effect” is a noun—except when it’s the other way around. and you can remember the verb form is spelt with an A because a verb often denotes an act. Act begins with A, affect ...

A recent Google search for the phrase “affect positive change” turned up about 101,000 hits. Here’s one near the top of the list, a December 2014 story by Monica Middleton on the Guardian website: ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between "affect" and "effect." Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase "the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements." The ...

It’s so often the case in the English language that two words sound similar, or have similar meanings, to the point where even skilled native speakers use one when they mean the other. And while there ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between “affect” and “effect.” Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase “the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements.” The ...