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affect or effect - newMT


Posted: Apr 05, 2011

Is there an easy way to know if you should use affect or effect?

Affect vs. effect - Purist

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Most of the time, affect is a verb and effect is a noun. That is a good general rule of thumb to go by.

EXAMPLES:
She was profoundly affected by his death.

There is mass effect....



flat affect is used with psychiatric patients - sweetgirlsmom

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With psychiatric patients, flat affect is always used. Some people type flat effect, and that is wrong.

This site has some good ideas.....sm - Tiny

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http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/affect-versus-effect.aspx


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