It’s so often the case in the English language that two words sound similar, or have similar meanings, to the point where even skilled native speakers use one when they mean the other. And while there ...

What are homophones? Is it who's or whose? Is it accept or except? Is it affect or effect? Is it bare with me or bear with me? It isn't entirely surprising that homophones are so often confused in ...

Commonly Confused Words: Have you ever used the word access where you should have used excess? Or Have you got confused about which to use-affect or effect? Well, don’t worry as this is not unusual.

Ok here are the dictionary.com results:<BR>Affect<BR>and<BR>Effect<BR><BR>Now my understanding is that <B>A</B>ffect is taking an action. As in, I am going to influence someone.<BR>While <B>E</B>ffect ...