AVEN: Affect Verb Effect Noun
By Daniel Miessler on June 28th, 2008: Tagged as Language
AVEN (Think Avian or Avon)
Affect Verb Effect Noun
That’s the basic rule. A couple of exceptions exist, however:
- Affect can be a noun if you’re talking about psychology
- Effect can be a verb that means “to accomplish” or “to bring about”
Check out the more verbose description at Grammar Girl.