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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Simple: “affect” is a verb and “effect” is a noun.

The only notable exception is the verb “to effect” meaning “to cause or bring about” (as in “to effect change”). “Affect” can also be a noun but only in psychological jargon, so the above rule will be true almost all the time.

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