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Affect vs. Effect - Ugghhh

Posted: Feb 11, 2012

I have been an MT for years and years and years (not telling my age haha) but I still to this day have the hardest time with affect versus effect...anyone have any genious tips on which to use when would be greatly appreciated??? For instance: It is hard to determine what affect/effect the medication will have or how it will affect/effect the patient's outcome. The only one I am really positive about is when it has to do with the patient's affect. Thanks you are all the best for taking time to help fellow MTs.

affect/effect - response

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In your for instance, first is effect (noun) and second is affect (verb). It is almost always true that effect is used as a noun and affect as a verb. The rare times affect may be used as a noun would include your note of a patient's affect, which may be why you remember it. Hope this helps.

thank you - yes it does

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affect/effect - both can be noun or verb, depending on context - tmt

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EFFECT: (noun) result; (verb) to bring about, to make happen.

AFFECT: (verb) to influence, to change; (noun) mood.

and yet confused again - .....

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I don't think I will ever get the hang of this one - I know pretty pathetic but its just one of my pet peeves I guess you could say....

4 words - sm

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The patient's AFFect was labile . . .

You affECT others when you are crabby.

Your crabbiness has a negative effECT on others.

You could EFFect change in this group if you proposed a workable solution.

Here is how it works for me... - empire lady

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Affect can be used to describe a patient's demeanor in a psych exam (or regular exam, for that matter).

The affect (verb) of something causes the effect (end result of that cause).

For just the sake of remembering it, I use sort of an association with the letters. Affect is usually a verb, begins with an "a," a verb is an Action word (begins with an "a"). The effect, or end result of the affect begins with an "e," as does End result.

Most of us have those little "blank spots" for certain things that just will not seem to stick, so to speak. Without going into too much sentence structure and for the sake of remembering, that is how I do it. If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe you can find something that will help you to remember.

I have this written on a sticky - MyT_WannyMT

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An Effect is the End result of an Action that Affects you.

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