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Title: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on October 31, 2019, 01:15:10 AM

(https://writingexplained.org/wp-content/uploads/confusing-words-affect-effect.png)

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: DuMa on October 31, 2019, 03:10:41 AM

One more



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Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: thePoster on October 31, 2019, 08:56:23 AM

What about than and then ?!?!

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on October 31, 2019, 12:21:04 PM

Quote from: thePoster on October 31, 2019, 08:56:23 AM

What about than and then ?!?!

"Than" is used in comparing things, e.g. Granny apples are more sour than Harelson apples.

"Then" involves a time period, e.g. After they've taken off, then we'll go clubbing.

Here's a worksheet that gives us lots of practices on their uses. Answers are below the worksheet. Great examples of their differences.

https://www.worksheetplace.com/mf_pdf/then-vs-than-1.pdf (https://www.worksheetplace.com/mf_pdf/then-vs-than-1.pdf)

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on October 31, 2019, 12:21:55 PM

Nonsense.

Quote from: DuMa on October 31, 2019, 03:10:41 AM

One more



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Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Mr_Mechanic on October 31, 2019, 12:22:32 PM

Quote from: thePoster on October 31, 2019, 08:56:23 AM

What about than and then ?!?!

really.... :2funny:

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: VillainousHero on November 03, 2019, 09:07:50 AM

I here you

I hear you

 ;D

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: dogmai on November 03, 2019, 03:11:54 PM

Ashamed vs Shame

Conscious vs conscience

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on November 04, 2019, 02:53:40 AM

Yeah. I  hear that.

Quote from: VillainousHero on November 03, 2019, 09:07:50 AM

I here you

I hear you

 ;D

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on November 04, 2019, 02:54:19 AM

Show us their uses in sentences so we know their differences.

Quote from: dogmai on November 03, 2019, 03:11:54 PM

Ashamed vs Shame

Conscious vs conscience

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on November 04, 2019, 02:55:04 AM

You should show us how you use them in sentences in order for us to tell if you have them right or not.

Quote from: anonymouse on November 03, 2019, 04:18:42 PM

Manslaughter and Man's laughter
alamo and a lamo

Did I do it right?

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: VillainousHero on November 04, 2019, 01:04:34 PM

I cannot fathom my phantom

I amour my armor

I would wood my shoot chute.

Have a tar avatar

 ;D

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: Reporter on November 04, 2019, 01:11:50 PM

Kind of like "How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Quote from: VillainousHero on November 04, 2019, 01:04:34 PM

I cannot fathom my phantom

I amour my armor

I would wood my shoot chute.

Have a tar avatar

 ;D

Title: Re: Many people can't tell the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Post by: theking on November 04, 2019, 07:42:10 PM

Quote from: Mr_Mechanic on October 31, 2019, 12:22:32 PM

really.... :2funny:

Right, "really"??  ;D

one ends in -en and one ends in -an...Don't even sound alike... ;D

When we arrived to the U.S. in the 70s, the English words that I struggle to learn and understand most are homonym and homophone words... :-\