Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
The new policy will effect every employee in the organisation.
Answer: A
Correct answer: affect
Affect is the verb, meaning to influence or have an impact on. Effect is normally the noun, meaning the result. So a policy affects employees and has an effect on them. The mnemonic is that Affect is the Action and Effect is the End result. There is a complication worth knowing, since examiners use it: effect can also be a verb, meaning to bring about or accomplish - the committee effected a change in policy means it brought the change about, which is quite different from affected a change. And affect can be a noun in psychology, meaning observable emotion. But those senses are rare, and the ordinary division holds. The remaining options fail on construction as well as on meaning: affects cannot follow will, and effect on and have effect would need the article and a different sentence shape.
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