tienpauh Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hello everyone this is my first post here! Could someone please explain which of these two examples below are more appropriate to use or are both correct?a: How does context effect it?b: How does context affect it? Thanks guys/gals for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 9 hours ago, tienpauh said: Hello everyone this is my first post here! Could someone please explain which of these two examples below are more appropriate to use or are both correct?a: How does context effect it?b: How does context affect it? Thanks guys/gals for your help! I am sure that B is correct. "Effect" is a noun. At this place in the phrase there must be a verb. That is one reason why B is wrong for sure. I am no native speaker though :=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLearnIt Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I'm not a native speaker either, but this is correct: effect is a noun, and affect is a verb. E.g. "The effect of context in this case is tremendous" - here, effect is used as a noun. but "Context affects it very strongly" - a verb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloydog Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Rough rule of thumb: affect is future, effect is past. "How will it affect us?" "The effect was quite strong" You can get a better description from the Oxford English Dictionary website: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/affect-or-effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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