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(Text-only version of Quirks of English)
Effect is a noun that means result.
Affect is usually a verb. To affect something is to influence it.
Less frequently, it can also mean to make a display of or to put on a pretense.
Rarely, affect is used as a noun that means feeling or affectation.
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