| effect |
a result; being in operation (nouns); to make happen (verb) |
| affect |
to influence, to pretend (verbs); feeling (noun) |
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Self-concept affects learning.1
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| She affected intellectualism by wearing glasses and using long words
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| Her affect is always sour in the morning.
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| One effect of lunar gravity is tides.
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| The new state income tax was in effect last fall.
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| The president effected a new policy on international trade.
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| Most often affect is used as a verb and effect is used as a noun. Something that affects you will have an effect on you. |