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The phrase "able to affect" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's capacity or capability to influence or make a change in a situation or outcome.
Example: "The new policy is able to affect the overall performance of the organization positively."
Alternatives: "capable of influencing" or "able to impact".
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"And because you will be able to affect the laws.
We were also able to affect the quarterback and eliminate the big play.
Gut bacteria, in particular, seem able to affect all kinds of bodily functions.
Understand that process finely enough and, in theory, you might be able to affect how it unfolds.
Not being able to affect the political process makes that cycle just that much harder to break".
If Romney had endorsed Rubio before the Nevada caucuses, he may have been able to affect the outcome.
"I'm confident that no foreign element will be able to affect our historic and brotherly relations," the Iranian president said.
Intriguingly, only ten of the SNPs are actually inside a gene, and thus able to affect its composition.
Accordingly, placebos are able to affect basic perceptive processes.
No single person should be able to affect the rankings so easily.
These variables are able to affect the level of both product modularity and SC integration.
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