【英国问答】effect和affect(1/2)

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        What is the difference between effect and affect?
        Hints:
        Qais
        /ə'fekt/

        /Ifekt/

        英式拼法，全部不加双引号
Hi Qais, You have asked a question that many native speakers of English ask when they are writing and part of the problem is that these two words, although spelt differently, are pronounced the same by many people in many contexts. So many people say affect and effect, for the word that begins with a they say affect and for the word that begins with e they say effect. I tend to say /ə'fekt/ and /Ifekt/, so I tend to pronounce the word that begins with e, / Ifekt/ but not everybody does.
What's the difference? The main use of affect, with an a, is as a verb meaning to have an influence. So you could say, "Your emotional state affects how well you remember things." The word with an e, effect is usually used as a noun and it means the result of an influence. So, what effect will the new law have on road use?