I don’t usually make these threads, but the number of people saying they are “effected” astounds me. So get it right peeps!!
affect is a verb
effect is a noun
“The effect affects me, are you affected by the effect?”
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Yeah it’s Mass Affect, not Mass Effect. Sheesh.
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This post serves no proper affect. 
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Me to.
I’m running too the store.
Irksome isn’t it.
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WOW grammar schooling.
Is this an example of someone with Grammar Pedantry Syndrome?
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Your post effected me.
Not always.
ef·fect
/əˈfekt/
verb
- cause (something) to happen; bring about.
“nature always effected a cure”
Mhmm, you too.
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Wrong. In the US usage either is acceptable. British usage is irrelevant.
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Infect is better. More profit.
Is this an example of someone with Grammar Pedantry Syndrome?
No, it’s an example of someone thinking that the British usage is the normative one. And that is, of course, wrong.
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What is this “British usage” nonsense?
OP is partially correct. Affect and effect are two different words with two different meanings. Both can be nouns and verbs.
Proper British and American English distinguish between the two words, and the noun and verb usage for both. They aren’t interchangeable in either country.
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They aren’t interchangeable in either country.
Wrong. In the US usage you can substitute “effect” for “affect”, but not the other way around. If someone taught you otherwise, they are still hung up on the British usage being normative. Which is wrong.
I can’t believe you’ve done this.
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I can’t believe you’ve done this.
I haven’t DONE it. I have POINTED it out. You see what I’ve done there?
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I tend to use “affect” as influence and “effect” as result.
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An american saying british spell english wrong???
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There, their, they’re… Irregardless of wut U sae ppl R gunna to scu up engrish bcuz thay bad at it.
See what I did? =)