Difference between "affect" and "effect"

[iMacZealot]

Two wasted years, I fear.

Why do you say that?

 

[iDAG]

Woa... I just saw this thread and I thought about earlier today when I was typing a paper for English. I was asking a friend of mine the difference between the two was.

 

[Counterfit]

He was just making a joke and I guess it flew over your head.

Regarding affect and effect, What do you expect? This is just an online message board. Nobody here is going to win the pullet surprise for their posts. Errors like confusing "effect" and 'affect' are pardon parcel with people who learn the language through talking and not through reading. I could of made that same mistake if I hadn't learned these words by reading them before hearing them. Sadly, people who don't read just can't cut the muster. Alot of people would just assume watch a movie instead of read a book and it shows in there writing. For all intensive purposes these people are only exposed to new words by hearing them and they never know the proper spelling. It's simple cause and affect.

This whole concept of oral language learning really peeked my interest a few months ago and I found that there are lots of web sights that explain this issue in great detail. I've come to turns with it, but the sad thing is that these loosers look like idiots. It's a doggy dog world out there and they're selling themselves short. One mispeled post to the internet and -- walla -- the whole world knows they don't read books. I don't mean that there dumb persay, just that there probably illiterate.

You might think that this is all just a mute point but I prefer to air on the side of caution. I had a piffany about this and realized that learning to spell words is a right of passage that we all should go through as children. Supposably If you don't read and skip that important step you'll never be a bonified grammar nazi like me. What can I say? People who confuse "effect" and 'affect' just demonstrate that ignorance is blitz.

Genius.


And people, learn the difference between "insure" and "ensure".

 

[63dot]

dude,

their is no difference betwwen the too...and spelling don't matter...actually, i rather have effection for bad spellars

 

[pooky]

Wow, so many memories from back when I used to teach writing. So many pet peeves. Halfway through I started getting the urge to write copy editing shorthand on my beautiful little laptop screen. So many college seniors who couldn't write a complete sentence without it reading like a text message from a five-year old. Thanks guys. I'm not going to be able to sleep for a week.

The horror...

 

[63dot]

Wow, so many memories from back when I used to teach writing. So many pet peeves. Halfway through I started getting the urge to write copy editing shorthand on my beautiful little laptop screen. So many college seniors who couldn't write a complete sentence without it reading like a text message from a five-year old. Thanks guys. I'm not going to be able to sleep for a week.

The horror...

omg

lol

fyi

i could spell

you just have to get over it dude

jmho

 

[63dot]

Wow, so many memories from back when I used to teach writing. So many pet peeves. Halfway through I started getting the urge to write copy editing shorthand on my beautiful little laptop screen. So many college seniors who couldn't write a complete sentence without it reading like a text message from a five-year old. Thanks guys. I'm not going to be able to sleep for a week.

The horror...

omg

lol

fyi

...i could spell

<<you just have to get over it dude>>

jmho

fcol, double post

my bad

 

[fishmama]

An online sentence diagram?
Word.

Errrr... would it be too snarky to point out that "affect" can also refer to emotional mood or quality of an artistic creation?
[maybe a little bit... but this usage seems uncommon outside of relevant artistic fields]