LanguageTool Community

<< return to list of rules

Rule "affect vs effect"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: affect vs effect
Message: Did you mean in effect (in substance, virtually)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-affect-or-effect/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Parking Fees are in affect in this park.
    Correction suggestion: in effect
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Parking Fees are in effect in this park
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AFFECT_EFFECT [5]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)