Usage and Style

Question 1

Difference of Affect and Effect

Answer 1

Affect is a verb (action)

Effect is a noun (result)

eg.,

1. The drought has a nasty effect on Angela’s crops.
2. The drought affected Angela’s crops.

Question 2

Difference of There, Their, They’re

Answer 2

There - Location

Their - Possessive

They’re - Contraction

Question 3

Difference of to, two, and too.

Answer 3

To - Preposition

Too - Adverb (too much or in addition)

Two - Number

1. Walk to the top of the mountain.
2. That is way too much sauce. He is complaining too.
3. We have two boxes of pizza in the fridge.

Question 4

Less vs Fewer

Answer 4

Less - refer to count nouns or mass nouns.

Fewer - refer to count nouns.

eg.,

1. Shina’s sands were lesser than before.
2. Shina’s grains of sand were fewer than Milo.