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- How do you use the word affect?
- What type of word is affect?
- How does word order affect the meaning?
- What is meant by the word affect?
How do you use the word affect?
The verb affect can also mean “to impress the mind or move the feelings of,” as in “The music deeply affected him.” (The music changed his feelings or thoughts). If you can substitute affect with another verb, you are using the right word: “The cold weather damaged the crop.”
What type of word is affect?
Affect is both a noun and a verb, but the verb is far more common; it means "to act on or change someone or something," as in "The change will affect everyone." The noun affect is used primarily in psychology contexts to refer to the facial expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc., that typically ...
How does word order affect the meaning?
Word order in English is important, because it can change the spirit, meaning or fluency of a sentence. Basically, it's considered an SVO language, like such Romance languages as Spanish, French, Italian and Romanian, meaning that generally sentences follow the Subject-Verb-Object pattern.
What is meant by the word affect?
affect verb [T] (INFLUENCE)
to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something: Both buildings were badly affected by the fire.
