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Originally Posted by curmudgeon It could be a noun. In medical (psychiatric) use you could say 'He is suffering from lack of affect' |
Also, as I guess Tdol knows, 'effect' can be a verb: "He effected a hasty retreat".
But for most teaching purposes, Tdol's rule of thumb works. (As a teacher I'm always making the mistake of trying to teach exceptional usages.)
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