As Grammar Girl fights the good fight, I’d thought I’d join in with some handy visual aids.

‘affect’ vs. ‘effect’, what’s the difference?

Never again have to cross your fingers as you hit send/print/launch – not really knowing whether you’ve used ‘affect’ or ‘effect’ correctly.

General rule?

• affect is the verb
• effect is the noun

But! English being English (that is, requiring of the most tedious classes in all of high school) – there are sneaky exceptions.

Check out KU’s handy printable sheet here – and commit to memory my noble contribution.

Tags: affect, bad grammar, effect