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Collocations for affect - verb

1. influence

ADVERB

dramatically, greatly, materially, radically (esp. BrE), significantly
positively
barely, hardly, not unduly
Sales did not seem unduly affected.
slightly
clearly
directly, indirectly
disproportionately
adversely, badly, negatively, seriously, severely

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VERB + affect

be likely to
developments that are likely to affect the environment

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2. make sb sad/angry

ADVERB

deeply, profoundly
Her death affected him deeply.

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Affect is used with these nouns as the subject:
ban, bias, change, depression, disaster, disease, disorder, drought, erosion, factor, gene, illness, influence, injury, issue, mutation, policy, politics, restriction, syndrome, tragedy, violence

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Affect is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, accent, balance, behaviour, business, climate, commerce, coordination, course, decision, development, effectiveness, election, environment, extent, fate, flow, frequency, growth, health, hearing, joint, likelihood, livelihood, mood, morale, nonchalance, organ, outcome, perception, performance, practice, preference, probability, process, productivity, quality, recovery, response, result, right, situation, success, survival, taste, view, well-being

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