Doctor English

27 August 2021 15:24

Effect and Affect

If you find English a little confusing sometimes, there is something to make you more confused.
According to Sadhguru, these two words are the reason why people hate English.
If you can tell the difference between them right now before reading the rest of the post, I have some doubts whether you're a human.

For the rest of you, we need to talk.

Effect is a noun. Not a verb, a noun. It means a change.
For example: Smoking has a bad effect on your health.

Affect is a verb. Not a noun, a verb. It means to cause change on something.
For example: Smoking affects your health.

In short, affect is to have an effect on something. The goal here is not to understand their meaning. Both of them mean a change on something. The goal is to remember that one of them is a noun, the other one is a verb.