Affect is a verb meaning "to influence" or "to produce a change in something." It is often used to refer to how something impacts a person emotionally, such as how music or art can affect our moods.

NPR's A Martinez asks Cindy Lehnhoff, director of the National Child Care Association, about the Trump administration's freeze on federal funding to help low-income families pay for child care.

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 ...

A powerful late-December storm system is sweeping across Western and Central New York, bringing a rapid progression of weather that will affect the Finger Lakes and Central New York for much of the ...

A recent Google search for the phrase “affect positive change” turned up about 101,000 hits. Here’s one near the top of the list, a December 2014 story by Monica Middleton on the Guardian website: ...

“Affect” is a verb, and “effect” is a noun—except when it’s the other way around. and you can remember the verb form is spelt with an A because a verb often denotes an act. Act begins with A, affect ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between “affect” and “effect.” Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase “the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements.” The ...

Swedish studio Toadman Interactive have announced Minimal Affect, a cover-shooter space RPG that, yes, is intended to be a parody of Mass Effect. "But wasn't Andromeda already a parody of Mass Effect?

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a slate of new state laws passed during the 2025 legislative session will officially take effect.

New electricity rates also took effect in November, adding between $1.50 and $1.68 for every 100 kilowatt-hours to monthly ...