Part of the problem is that both effect and affect are used as nouns and verbs.
Effect (n) = something that has happened
Effect (v) = to make something happen
Affect (n) = emotional state presented
Affect (v) = to make a change to something
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Now if thou would'st
When all have given him o'er
From death to life
Thou might'st him yet recover
-- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631
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