Affect Or Effect Which Is Right

Is the phrase 'to that affect' or 'effect'? Why?

Since the phrase, “to that . . .” isn’t action and doesn’t require action to complete it, the word needed is a noun. In this instance, that noun is “effect,” as in “to that effect.”What follows offers correction and/or clarification of some of the answers here to date, along with everything you’ll ever need to know about using “affect” and “effect.”Affect - verb — to remember its function, connect the “a” to the word “action;” pronounce the “a” as in “adorable” with the emphasis on the first syllable.Affect - verb — to pretend or assume (a characteristic) artificially, as in “Her choice was to have all the actors affect Russian accents.” Pronounced as above, but not used in this manner too often.Affect - noun — one’s visible emotional demeanor. This is NOT an actual feeling as stated by one answer. It’s the outward manifestation of either a certain feeling or no feeling. Pronounce the “a” as in adverb with the emphasis on the first syllable. An excellent example is illustrated by Burke Ramsey, the brother of the late JonBenet Ramsey, during his recent television interview with Dr. Phil McGraw. Whether talking about the sadness surrounding her murder or the trauma of being questioned by the police or hounded by the press, he continued to have a smile on his face, causing others to notice that his affect is strange given the circumstances or his affect contradicts the circumstances.Effect - noun — the result or consequence of some event or action; pronounce the “e” as in “every” with the emphasis on the first syllable. To avoid confusing it with affect, connect the “e” to any noun beginning with ‘e,’ such as eel or everyone.Effect - verb — to bring about; pronounce the “e” as in eel with the emphasis on the second syllable.Thus, to affect something is to act upon it or influence it in a manner that will effect certain changes which are significant enough to have a lasting effect on the thing affected.The counselor’s intention was to positively affect the client’s tendency to hide behind his laughter so as to effect significant change in his affect. Then, when he leaves, he will feel the positive effects produced by being more open and forthcoming, but, instead, his affect continued to contradict the trauma he’d experienced.

To remember when to use ‘affect’ rather than ‘effect’, is it right that if you can reword the sentence to put an 'ing' after the word, it would be ‘affect’?

I am effecting my answer. My views are affecting my answer. Hmm. I used “ing” after both verbs.The Kentucky state driver’s license application for many years had this question on it:“Do you have any physical or mental condition that would effect your ability to drive?”Good lord. The literally correct answer was “Yes, good physical and mental health effect my ability to drive.” Of course, if I’d answered “Yes,” I wouldn’t have received my driver’s license. What they meant to say, of course, was “affect,” but then, this was Kentucky, who elected Mitch McConnell and Matt Bevin.To effect is to bring about or to cause. To affect is to change by your influence.Think of it this way: From the Latin roots, “effect” means to “make out of,” while “affect” means to “make towards.” Effect is ultimately from the roots “ex-” and “facere,” while affect is from “ad-” and “facere.” Similarly, “extract” means to “pull out of,” while “attract” means to “pull towards.” If you can remember essential Latin roots such as these, you can remember the proper meanings of these words.Another way is to think of them as nouns. Effect, as a noun, means the outcome of something — or, the outcome of effecting. Affect, as a noun, usually means appearance.

Which is correct: in affect or in effect? Why?

It is " in effect " and means something that is already applicable  or the actual result  . For example :" The new divorce Act is already in effect."   Another example would be : " By taxing the rich people more , the government is ,in effect ,redistributing income from the rich to the poor." Affect " is a verb and means how an event or action produces reactions or results e.g."How will the new divorce act affect the underprivileged women ?  "

What is the best example for “effect” and “affect”?

In everyday speech, affect is a verb. It means to influence something, such as in the headline from the Albuquerque News,Downed Power Line Affects PNM CustomersThe downed power line had an impact on some power customers: they were without electricity overnight.Effect is most commonly used as a noun meaning the result or impact of something, an outcome. If there's "a/an/the" in front of it, it's an effect. The second sentence is from a story about the outcome of long-term sleeping trouble,The Effect of Persistent SleepinessAdding to the confusion, effect can also be used as a verb to mean to produce or to cause to come into being. Here's an example that uses it correctly,A government unable to effect any change is a government that will produce no surprises.Put another way, a government that can't produce change won't be able to produce surprises; it will be predictable.Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using "impact" as a verb instead. Don't be one of them! Another trick is to remember that affect comes first alphabetically, and an action (to affect) has to occur before you can have a result (an effect).