I made up a sentence demonstrating the different uses of "affect" and "effect" for fun: "An effective treatment for phobias is to use desensitization therapy to effect the desired affective response, having a beneficial effect on the patient's affect. " We could go further with the verb use of "affect": "Phobias so serious that they adversely affect the patient's social life can be treated effectively with desensitization therapy, which effects the desired affective response, having a beneficial effect on the patient's affect." Not exactly a stylistic prize-winner, but fun nevertheless. Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Dept. Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184 Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596 Dept. fax: 805-756-6374 E-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/