The effect of light from the sun had the affect of allowing john to see further.
True, not true? Effect is a verb, so light is an effect: affect alters something, so john seeing further was the affect of lights effects??????????
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affect is a verb unless it's used to mean an emotion or desire. You can't put the before a verb.– BarmarMar 6, 2015 at 21:07
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Not true.
The effect of light from the sun had the effect of allowing John to see farther.
If you wanted to use "affect" as a verb ("to modify")...
The effect of light from the sun affected the distance to which John could see.
If you wanted to use "effect" as a verb ("to cause to exist")...
The light from the sun effected a greater viewing distance for John.
As a noun, "affect" is often limited to psychological applications.
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I'm not sure it's really worth posting an answer here when there are a couple of perfectly good ones on the original - but thanks for calling attention to the dup (I take it you don't yet have the rep to actually closevote yourself). Mar 6, 2015 at 21:13