Spotlight on Common Errors

Affect/Effect: Affect is primarily used as a transitive verb ('Smoking may affect your health'). As a noun, it has a specialised medical meaning that relates to emotional states (affection).

On the other hand, the word effect is chiefly used as a noun ('The damaging effects of smoking'). As a verb, it means to accomplish ('They effected a change').


Word Focus

Lex-i-con: n.pl. lexicons or lexica
defn: A dictionary, or the vocabulary of
a person, group, subject, or language. etym: From the Greek word lexikon biblion meaning 'book of words' and lexis meaning 'word'.
(Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)



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