Affect & Effect Use effect when you mean result. Example: What effect did that speech have?

Affect & Effect Also use effect whenever any of these words precede it: – a an any the take into no Note: These words may be separated from effect by an adjective. Example: That book had a long-lasting effect on my thinking. Has the medicine produced any noticeable effects?

Affect & Effect Use the verb affect when you mean to influence rather than to cause. Example: How do the budget cuts affect your staffing?

Affect & Effect The _______ of the antibiotic on her infection was surprising. The effect of the antibiotic on her infection was surprising. I did not know that antibiotics could _______ people so quickly. I did not know that antibiotics could affect people so quickly.

Affect & Effect Plastic surgery had an ______, not only on her appearance, but on her self-esteem. Plastic surgery had an effect, not only on her appearance, but on her self-esteem. If the chemotherapy has no _______, should she get surgery for the tumor? If the chemotherapy has no effect, should she get surgery for the tumor?

Affect & Effect When will we know if the chemotherapy has taken _______ ? When will we know if the chemotherapy has taken effect? Losing her hair from chemotherapy did not _______ her as much as her friends had expected. Losing her hair from chemotherapy did not affect her as much as her friends had expected.

Affect & Effect To be an _______ leader, you should know both your strengths as well as your weaknesses. To be an effective leader, you should know both your strengths as well as your weaknesses.

Affect & Effect The movie Winged Migration had two _______ on him: He became an environmental advocate and a bird lover. The movie Winged Migration had two effects on him: He became an environmental advocate and a bird lover. The net _______ of blowing the whistle on her boss was that she was eventually given his position. The net effect of blowing the whistle on her boss was that she was eventually given his position.

Affect & Effect What was the _______ of his promotion? What was the effect of his promotion? His decision _______ everyone here. His decision affected everyone here.

Affect & Effect The critics greatly _______ his thinking. The critics greatly affected his thinking. That book had a major _______ on his philosophy. That book had a major effect on his philosophy.