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I'm having a disagreement with a friend of mine. Help us out.

Earlier this morning I typed this sentence into mIRC: "it is a closed causal system - mental states cannot effect physical states". The implication was that mental states are instantiated by physical states in the brain; physical states are not effected by mental states.

Philosophy aside, please answer the following question:

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To affect something is to have an effect on it: Smoking can affect your health. To effect something is to make it happen: The doctor's treatment effected an immediate improvement in the patient's health. Affect is often used instead of effect, so take care when you are writing.

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Googled quick for that answer... basic english.

Why isnt it affect ?. I need sleep, I could care less how the english labguage works.

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I misclicked the poll, so subtract one from affect and add it into effect when you do an official tally, please.

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The correct answer here is "effect."

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The correct answer here is "effect."

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affect = verb
effect = noun

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Effect n.
Affect v.

Correct answer is Affect.

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affect = verb
effect = noun

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not untrue, but also true is:

effect = verb
affect = noun

EDIT: Effect is correct here

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LOL

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affect = verb
effect = noun

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No, this isn't correct at all (you're clearly intending to imply that 'affect' has no noun form and 'effect' has no verb form). They can both be used as ns. and tr. verbs and the usage of both forms of both words is different.