Affect vs Effect

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Please. I have looked it up on Google multiple times and still cannot figure it out. Please help and use both in a five year old sentence!

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Think of it as Verb vs Noun

John is affecting the outcome. You would not say John is effecting the outcome.

John has had a huge effect. Not John has a huge affect.

Effect->Noun

Affect-Verb

Disclaimer: The above rule is true in 99% of all usage. There are some exceptions.

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