confused words Commonly The English language can be very confusing, so hard to avoid mistakes. Some commonly it’s confused words are listed below. word confusion explanation These words are similar, but not the same. The verb affect” means to influence something: “to The storm affected his travel plans. The verb effect” means to make something happen: “to The storm a change in the water level. effected effect/affect (In the first example, you can see that a storm is not likely to make travel plans happen to effect them but someone’s – – it could influence them not to happen them.) affect – The noun effect means result: One effect of the storm was a rise in the water level. The noun affect means emotion, and is rarely used outside of Psychology: The accused showed little as his crime was affect described in shocking detail. Both are about suggested meanings, but the difference is in Imply/infer who is responsible for the meaning:
Commonly confused words The English language can be very confusing, so it’s hard to avoid mistakes. Some commonly confused words are listed below. word confusion explanation effect/affect These words are similar, but not the same. The verb “to affect” means to influence something: The storm affected his travel plans. The verb “to effect” means to make something happen: The storm effected a change in the water level. (In the first example, you can see that a storm is not likely to make someone’s travel plans happen – to effect them – but it could influence them not to happen – affect them.) The noun effect means result: One effect of the storm was a rise in the water level. The noun affect means emotion, and is rarely used outside of Psychology: The accused showed little affect as his crime was described in shocking detail. Imply/infer Both are about suggested meanings, but the difference is in who is responsible for the meaning:
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