system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
I still don't understand when it's proper to use *affect* vs. *effect*.

I still don't understand when it's proper to use *affect* vs. *effect*. I have googled it so many times, and yet when it comes times to use the words I have no clue. Please ELi5 it to me and explain it so I never have to question this again.
gpt
Affect means to influence or change. Think "a for alter". Barring some psychology-specific lingo, it can only be used as a verb. Think "a**v**ect for verb". 

An effect is a result, think "e for end". To effect is to cause an effect.