It doesn't effect you

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[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

"effect on <her> life"

Yes that's the noun case, as I pointed out. "It had an effect on her life". "Had" is the verb, "an effect" is a noun

The title is clearly using it as a verb, so it should be spelled "affect".

[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

the example cases I gave clearly show that the usage as given is considered correct. 5 different grammar websites have near identical examples. Go check. Mirriam Webster. Grammarly, dictionary.com, lexico.com, paperrater.com

<X> "had no effect on" <subject> is correct use. 100%.

<X> "does not affect" <subject> is correct use. 100%

the "on" changes everything

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting, I guess the "had no effect on" is a verb phrase which contains a noun, or something like that? The verb is "had" and the object is "effect"

I've never been very good at defining types of grammar, there's always weird exceptions like this

[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Grammar is awesome. It makes english a great tool for establishing social caste, and the truly posh get taught a whole level more intricate language use than the rest of us :D

I think you are right. the "had no <X> on" is the verby bit, and the <X> is flavour text. I generally throw in the words 'impress/impression' instead of 'affect/effect' to see which one to use.