Talking about cause and effect
Common expressions for everyday events
- The book caused an uproar in the United States. [made a lot of people complain angrily]
- If you make her angry, you’ll have to suffer the consequences.
- The accident had a huge effect on her life.
- Latino singers have had a major impact on pop music this year.
- Remember that it makes/creates a bad impression if you’re late.
- The drug companies have a lot of influence on doctors.
- Their love affair caused a sensation.
Common mistakes
To affect means ‘to have an influence on someone/something, or to cause them to change’. (Her
death affected everyone deeply.) To effect means ‘to achieve something / make something happen’.
(We are trying to effect a change in the way people think about their diet.) The noun effect(s) refers
to the result(s) of something. (His stressful life has had an effect on his health.)
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