Affect and Effect

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Effect and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead a verb "Affect".

Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Affect and effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Effect".

ability	affect ability	effect ability
life	affect life	effect life
change	affect change	effect change
body	affect body	effect body
Other words: status, relationship, area, plot, environment, future, way, world, health, accent, actions, anyone, everyone, stats.

When the news was let out that FDR died, and that MLK, Jr and JFK were assassinated, many people experienced it, and many authors have written about the social affect and effect.

Source: Heroic BSOD / Real Life
Careful choice of words can effect this effect, which will affect the affect of your reader.

Source: Correction Bait
Although they can still affect iron with electromagnetic fields, should they be stabbed with an iron blade, it would have a similar effect as any blade would have on a non-enhanced human.

Source: Literature / Alterien

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