Affect vs effect

[Alphaboy]

I think you mean hominids.

I was calling him Homo sapien

 

[revoltub]

I think you mean hominids.

Don't get me started

 

[minute bull]

Who seriously uses the noun form of affect?

No one takes anyone's affect seriously.

I was calling him Homo sapien

You mistook homonym.

 

[Sonny Qc]

i am a new poster, a refugee of reddit

 

[Dee Cups]

 

[Zinger]

 

[HeffDoesWant]

I can't say I use either with 100% confidence.

Ranging from about 75 to 85% in most cases.

 

[TribalDrumz]

@TeTe LURKING

 

[Osculater]

i am a new poster, a refugee of reddit

 

[Osculater]

The effects of booty clapping affects my penis

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Why are these two separate words

Because you touch yourself at night.

One is a noun (effect), and one is a verb (affect).

 

[GSP_37]

One's a verb (action), one's a noun (thing).

 

[Phlog]

Why are these two separate words

They have two different meanings.

Also affect can refer to a person's observable emotions, they had a dour affect, for example.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

@Drain Bamage is on the Mount Rushmore of GOAT Mayberry posters.

Is Gizmo and Nogoodnamesleft also on this Mount Rushmore?

 

[Zinger]

Is Gizmo and Nogoodnamesleft also on this Mount Rushmore?

Yes, and oceanmachine

 

[I Am Legion]

The effect of my affection for the effects of this thread has affected my Cranium.