Affect & Effect

1. Affect & Effect • Use effect when you mean result. • Example: What effect did that speech have?

2. Affect & Effect • Also use effect whenever any of these words precede it: • a   an   any   the   take   into   no • Note: These words may be separated from effect by an adjective. • Example:That book had a long-lasting effect on my thinking.Has the medicine produced any noticeable effects?

3. Affect & Effect • Use the verb affect when you mean to influence rather than to cause. • Example:How do the budget cuts affect your staffing?

4. Affect & Effect • The _______ of the antibiotic on her infection was surprising. • The effect of the antibiotic on her infection was surprising. • I did not know that antibiotics could _______ people so quickly. • I did not know that antibiotics could affect people so quickly.

5. Affect & Effect • Plastic surgery had an ______, not only on her appearance, but on her self-esteem. • Plastic surgery had an effect, not only on her appearance, but on her self-esteem. • If the chemotherapy has no _______ , should she get surgery for the tumor? • If the chemotherapy has no effect, should she get surgery for the tumor?

6. Affect & Effect • When will we know if the chemotherapy has taken _______ ? • When will we know if the chemotherapy has taken effect? • Losing her hair from chemotherapy did not _______ her as much as her friends had expected. • Losing her hair from chemotherapy did not affect her as much as her friends had expected.

7. Affect & Effect • To be an _______ leader, you should know both your strengths as well as your weaknesses. • To be an effective leader, you should know both your strengths as well as your weaknesses.

8. Affect & Effect • The movie Winged Migration had two _______ on him: He became an environmental advocate and a bird lover. • The movie Winged Migration had two effects on him: He became an environmental advocate and a bird lover. • The net _______ of blowing the whistle on her boss was that she was eventually given his position. • The net effect of blowing the whistle on her boss was that she was eventually given his position.

9. Affect & Effect • What was the _______ of his promotion? • What was the effect of his promotion? • His decision _______ everyone here. • His decision affected everyone here.

10. Affect & Effect • The critics greatly _______ his thinking. • The critics greatly affected his thinking. • That book had a major _______ on his philosophy. • That book had a major effect on his philosophy.