[Closed] Affect or effect?

affected

The issue has now been resolved and all [s]a/effected[/s] infected websites are now coming back online

bollocksed?

NO! Not infected. We don't use that word in front of clients. The panic would be on the scale of a zombie apocalypse

The effect of the volcano was to affect all of us.

The conditions effected by the snow storm affected the mountain bikers.

As verbs, 'effect' tends to mean something like 'bring about', while 'affect' means 'to have an effect on'.

The way I remember it is:
[b]A[/b]ffect is the [b]A[/b]ction
[b]E[/b]ffect is the r[b]E[/b]sult

Decreased fish stocks affect the price of fish. This is known as a reduced supply effect.

Fisherman wishing to affect the price of fish can effect change by catching less fish.

These increases in the price of fish will not affect me as I don't eat it.

(Effect is more commonly used as a noun, whereas affect is more commonly used as a verb.)

The fix has now come into effect and all affected websites are now coming back online

Impacted (like a bowel)

The issue has now been resolved and all fect websites are now coming back online

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/affect-or-effect

..which tells me previous posters are wronnnng!

The way I remember it is:
Affect is the Action
Effect is the rEsult

Nice.

My aide memoire is causE-Effect - the two e's in the middle.

Your infection has not affected anyone else,please try to use an effective method of defence next time.
Yours affectionately
Louise

[quote> https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/affect-or-effect

..which tells me previous posters are wronnnng!
previous posters are correct and that link just endorses that?

So what about the difference between enquiry and inquiry?

Fisherman wishing to affect the price of fish can effect change by catching less fish.

fewer fish.

To [s]confuse matters[/s] enlighten you further:

'To effect an entry'

'He has a rather affected manner'

So I am still none the wiser!

So what about the difference between enquiry and inquiry?

So what about the difference between enquiry and inquiry?

If you're American, nothing.