This drives me nuts because 'affect' as a verb means something closer to causing an 'effect', while 'affect' as a noun doesn't. Because of that, on the surface, it feels like 'effect' as verb would make more sense than 'affect' when describing the action of causing an effect on something.
In a language full of stupid footguns, affect/effect has got to be one of the worst.
Your right, its definately a loosing battle.
Did you do that on purpose?
For all in tents and porpises, surly yes.
Should have gone with "intensive purposes," it would be plausible enough to continue the confusion.
Eggsalad pointe!
I groaned out-loud at this. Bravo. :)
Agreed, defiantly a loosing battle.
But they're pronounced very differently! I can understand the confusion with their/they're. This one? Not so much.
I think that depends on dialect.
Anecdotally, I pronounce them the same way and have never heard anyone making much of a distinction (northeastern US), with the exception of the rarely used "to put on appearances" ("Dude, this intellectual affect is too much, stop it with the scarves!") which I'd generally put more of a distinct "a" sound at the front.
The origin of both words is Latin, but they only sound similar in English. The a/e has a clear phonic difference in Latin which clears the confusion
You chose to pick at _effected_ instead of _it’s_ that should be _its_? Might be more picky about your grammar pick targets next time :)
The old trajectory was affected, but the new trajectory was effected.