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here this lesson today is one that I
wanted to make for you and that I needed
to make for me and many of the other
native English speakers out there who
mess up these words the difference
between the word effect and effect they
sound almost exactly the same when
they’re spoken naturally effect and
effect in both words the stress is on
the second syllable so the unstressed
syllable at the start of each word it
sounds pretty similar even though
they’re different vowel letters so it’s
not easy to hear the difference between
them when you’re listening if I say
effect and effect you can hear the
difference but that’s not how these
words are spoken naturally and the
meaning of these words is also very
similar they both talk about something
changing another thing but they are
different types of words effect is
usually a noun and effect is usually a
verb now I say usually because there are
times when effect is a noun and affect
is a verb but most of the time you’ll
see effect as a noun and effect as a
verb see how confusing these two little
say us because these two words even
confuse me sometimes I make this mistake
too and many native English speakers
make this mistake many many of them and
much much more often than you think
and much more often than they think as
well so this video is important for all
of us I can tell you with a decent
amount of confidence that at least half
of the native English speakers that I
know sometimes make this mistake by
accident but it’s really really common
in emails so let’s go over all of this
together now starting with effect the
verb the verb effect means to change
something to influence something or to
impact on something so try to remember
that the a in effect stands for action
so it needs to be a verb long flights
can affect your blood circulation the
weather affected the outcome of the
football match her illness will affect
her examination results so in all of
these examples affect is a verb effect
is a synonym of change and influence so
one thing is changing or influencing
another thing my savings so that’s the
money that I save my savings affect
where I travel when I have a lot of
savings I go abroad for my holidays when
I don’t have a lot of savings I go on
short trips near my home often to visit
friends the amount of money that I have
saved influences where I go for my
holidays okay now effect the noun so
this is the experience of the action the
result
of the change warm weather
always has a positive effect on my mood
the community felt the effects of the
financial crisis have you noticed any
effects since you changed your diet in
all of these examples effect is a noun
and you can see that it’s a noun from
the structure in these sentences effect
is a synonym of
result or consequence if something
affects you you will feel the effect of
the change okay compare these two
sentences the storm affected the local
community the action happened to the
community the community saw the effects
of the tropical storm the community saw
the result of the storm but as usual the
English language would not make it so
simple for you would it be aware that
effect is also sometimes used as a verb
particularly in fixed expressions such
as to affect change so in this
expression effect is actually a verb and
it means to produce something or to
cause something the government needs to
affect change or else the community will
lose confidence in them to lead now it’s
unusual or less common for effect to be
a verb but it’s possible
it does happen particularly in fixed
expressions like this but try not to get
too stuck on this okay these words can
be hard to tame for all of us so
remember that most of the time affect is
a verb a for action and effect is a noun
most of the time although these words
are tricky to master I hope that I’ve
given you a couple of helpful tips to
improve your grammar when you’re writing
whether you’re learning English as a
second language or if you’re a native
English speaker who needs to brush up on
some of that grammar it’s easy to get
complacent
before we finish I’ve got a few
questions that you can practice with I
want you to choose whether effect or
effect is the correct word in these
sentences starting here some of the
effects of this medication are sleep
loss and headaches is it affect or
affect affect the effects the article
tells us that it must be and now will
the new rules affect us to affect or
affect affect the structure of the
sentence tells us that it must be a verb
I hope the weather doesn’t affect your
effect again the structure of the
sentence is telling us that we need a
verb will create a greater effect if we
call a strike and don’t go to work
tomorrow effect or affect its effect a
greater effect so the article tells us
that it must be a noun
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