knotty words prove tough for students, and affect/effect is one of the top crimes. here’s the trick i impart to all those who come my way:
A-ffect is an Action. A for Action. Anything else is an E-ffect.
for example. ”Text-to-phone charitable operations affected an increase in giving to Haiti during this latest disaster; the effect of these donations, however, is more fuzzy.”
just in case you were making this mistake today.
