Kane Knight
12-13-2007, 09:59 AM
Affect and Effect don't have obsure meanings. :roll:
af·fect1 (ə-fĕkt')
tr.v., -fect·ed, -fect·ing, -fects.
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
ef·fect (ĭ-fĕkt')
n.
Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance.
Since you broke out the dictionary:
to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
Definition of Affect. So, do crops have feelings?
Not to mention your own example:
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
Just for the record.
af·fect1 (ə-fĕkt')
tr.v., -fect·ed, -fect·ing, -fects.
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
ef·fect (ĭ-fĕkt')
n.
Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance.
Since you broke out the dictionary:
to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
Definition of Affect. So, do crops have feelings?
Not to mention your own example:
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
Just for the record.