My friends and family were effected much more by the satire should be My friends and family were affected much more by the satire There were many effects of

My friends and family were effected much more by the satire should be My friends and family were affected much more by the satire There were many effects of the movie - one was to make the watchers cry, the other was to make dinosaurs explode onscreen. They were affected by the movie. I have affected the deal - pray that I do not affect it further. Affect is always a verb. Effect is always a noun, except when it's a verb. In that case you rely on a subject/object agreement thing, and English should really drop both words and use ffect instead.