Or, worse, impactful. For when impact isn’t full enough.
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… er, I think the joke is that it’s usually the other way around, “effect” is usually the noun and “affect” is usually the verb
They’re legitimately confusing homonyms
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Nope.
Merriam-Webster says:
"Effect can be a verb. As a verb, effect generally means “to cause to come into being” or “accomplish.” "
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Yes, I can tell that you are a human because in most writings extent on the internet that sentence would end “must. find. some. scrambled. eggs. to. put. in. my. tossed. salad.”
So, for sure a human
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sure dude whatever 
Er… Sorry?
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Nope.
I wasn’t apologising - I was saying, "What do you mean…?’
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I forgive you
emphasis mine.
commonly it’s used for things like “sound effect”, “special effect”, etc. so definitely a noun
now “whether this will affect your position” or whether “this will have little immediate effect” – both webster examples - who knows.
personally, what i find even more confusing is the usage of “flat affects”, etc. where suddenly the verb becomes a noun. ugh.
it’s not simple, and i agree with this sentiment:
So we have the verb affect “to influence” without a readily available noun form, and the noun effect “result,” without a readily available verb form. Add to this mutual need the similar semantics and the nearly identical phonetics, and it’s no wonder that the two words have formed a duo.
now look what you’ve done
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