OPERATION REVISION

Once upon a time you were given an article and

a question that asked you to Explain how
human beings are having an affect on the lion
population. In your response, use information
from the article that supports your
explanation.
Did the question sound strange when you read
it? Hmmmm… Did any of you parents find
the wording strange?
 Which is correct? Affect versus
Effect

Explain how human beings are having an affect

on the lion population. In your response, use
information from the article that supports your
explanation.
 Which is correct? Affect versus
Effect

Explain how human beings are having an effect

on the lion population. In your response, use
information from the article that supports your
explanation.
 Which one is right?

Explain how human beings are having an

affect/effect on the lion population. In your
response, use information from the article that
supports your explanation.
 affect versus effect

•The majority of the time you use

affect with an a as a verb
and
effect with an e as a noun
 affect versus effect

•Affect with an a means "to influence,"

examples: "The arrows affected the aardvark,"
" The rain affected Amy's hairdo."
• Affect can also mean, roughly, "to act in a way
that you don't feel,"
examples: "She affected an air of superiority."
“Her affect was disturbing to me: she
was always trying to be something she
was not”
 affect versus effect

Effect with an e has a lot of subtle meanings as a

noun, but basically its meaning is "a result"
Examples:
"The effect was eye-popping."
"The sound effects Ty made were amazing."
"The rain had no effect on Lelani's hairdo"
"The trick-or-treaters hid behind the bushes for
effect.“
“The effect of plants on biodiversity is…”
 affect versus effect

• Grammar Girl says, use aardvark to remember:

“The arrows affected the aardvark.”
“The effect was eye-popping."

• Affect with an a goes with the a words arrow and

aardvark
• Effect with an e goes with the e word eye-popping
 An introduction to Grammar Girl!

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/affect-versus-effect.aspx
 HINT – A Good Rule of Thumb:

Effect is mostly commonly used as a noun

meaning the result or impact of something, an
outcome. If there's "a/an/the" in front of it, it's
an effect.
 So? Which one is right?

Explain how human beings are having an

affect/effect on the lion population. In your
response, use information from the article that
supports your explanation.
 So? Which one is right?

Explain how human beings are having an

EFFECT on the lion population. In your
response, use information from the article that
supports your explanation.