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01. Our economy has been [affected] a great deal by the Asian economic crisis.
02. Global warming has had a significant [effect] on our climate over the last few years.
03. The new anti-smoking regulations [affect] everyone: smokers must now go outside to have a cigarette at all public buildings.
04. The state of the American economy has a great [effect] on the financial situation here in Mexico.
05. The children were greatly [affected] by the divorce of their parents.
06. Cigarettes have a very bad [effect] on the heart and lungs.
07. The death of the leader of the military is expected to have a positive [effect] on the peace process.
08. Stephen R. Covey once observed that our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will [affect] us.
09. It has now been shown that cigarette smokers [affect] the health of those around them even if those people are not smokers themselves.
10. The return of Michael Jordan to professional basketball is expected to [affect] and inspire a new generation of players.
11. For some strange reason, my English professor always [affected] a British accent when he talked about the works of Shakespeare.
12. Many women are not getting enough protein in their diet, and it's [affecting] their health.
13. Morocco has to import a lot of its food because the desert climate [affects] its ability to grow enough food to support its population.
14. Economic affairs in Cyprus are greatly [affected] by the division of the country into Turkish and Greek areas.
15. We aren't sure yet how the increase in interest rates will [affect] our sales.
16. Discussion question: What person in your life has had the biggest effect on you?
17. The company has been largely [unaffected] by the downturn in the economy.
18. Psychiatrists define depression as an [affective] disorder characterized by a profound and persistent sadness.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • affect — [ afɛkt ] n. m. • 1908; all. Affekt; a. fr. et XVIe « état, disposition »; du lat. affectus, comme l all. ♦ Psychol. État affectif élémentaire. Les sensations et les affects. ● affect nom masculin (allemand Affekt) Processus de décharge de l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • affect — simulate, *assume, pretend, feign, counterfeit, sham affect 1 Affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway are more or less closely synonymous when they mean to produce or to have an effect upon a person or upon a thing capable of a reaction.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Affect — Af*fect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affecting}.] [L. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. F. affectere, L. affectare, freq. of afficere. See {Fact}.] 1. To act upon; to produce an …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affect — affect, effect 1. These two words are often confused. It should be remembered that effect is most common as a noun meaning ‘a result or consequence’ • (In England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever Oscar Wilde) and that affect… …   Modern English usage

  • affect — Ⅰ. affect [1] ► VERB 1) make a difference to; have an effect on. 2) touch the feelings of. DERIVATIVES affecting adjective. USAGE Affect and effect are frequently confused …   English terms dictionary

  • affect — I verb act on, adficere, bear upon, cause to alter, cause to vary, change, commovere, conduce, exert influence, have an effect upon, have influence, impress, induce, influence, introduce a change, make a change, play a direct part, prevail upon,… …   Law dictionary

  • affect — [v1] influence, affect emotionally act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • affect — affect1 [ə fekt′; ] for n. [ 2, af′ekt΄] vt. [ME affecten < L affectare, to strive after < affectus, pp. of afficere, to influence, attack < ad , to + facere, DO1] 1. to have an effect on; influence; produce a change in [bright light… …   English World dictionary

  • Affect — Af*fect ([a^]f*f[e^]kt ), n. [L. affectus.] 1. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affect — affect, affective, affectivity An affect is an emotion. In sociology the use of the term generally implies that an action is being or has been carried out for emotional gratification. For example, in their discussion of Class Awareness in the… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Affect — (v. lat.), schnell entstehende, lebhafte, ein bemerkliches Streben durch Aufhebung des Gleichgewichts im Gemüth hervorbringende, auf die Functionen des Geistes u. Körpers sichtbaren Einfluß habende Gemüthsbewegung. A. entsteht, wenn eine… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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