May 21, 2012, 05:37:39 PM
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4. Affect Versus EffectThis rule, like the I Versus Me rule, is easy to grasp and only takes a bit of brainspace. Affect is used as a verb, whereas effect is used as a noun. (eg. I affect the Goats, the Goats do not like the effect.) In this case, I am doing something to the Goats, and thus affecting them. They do not like the effect of what I am doing to them. Affect is a verb, effect is a noun.
If someone ever gets banned for using an apostrophe wrong or typing "me" in a nominative clause, I'm going to facepalm.