The phrase "action was effective" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a particular action achieved its intended result or had a positive impact.
Example: "The action was effective in reducing the number of accidents at the intersection."
Alternatives: "the action proved successful" or "the action yielded positive results."
The action was effective yesterday morning, shrinking the number of shares outstanding to about 37.5 million from 227 million, Priceline.com said.
Dumont's films are pitched at such extremes of despair that he can't really tell a story — to do that he would need to believe in a world in which human action was effective, or at least meant something, and he obviously doesn't.
There's even a "validate fix" button you can use to verify that your corrective action was effective.
They wanted to seem like they were doing something, without actually understanding and determining whether their action was effective, necessary or counterproductive.
In many cases, a key component of wrong-headed actions is that the actor does not even know whether the action was effective or ineffective, right or wrong, and therefore continues with the same or similar actions indefinitely.
And would more military action be effective?
The bending control action is effective for higher modes and also for shallow or zero-curvature continua.
We prove that a dynamical forward action is effective to do it for Lyapunov stable systems and discuss how to design the forward compensator for SISO and MIMO systems.
This is because the action is effective but not free: There are symmetry transformations other than the identity mapping that map some points to themselves.
And no matter whether military action is effective or not, said Cartwright, the instability it will cause will be "significant, and not just in the oil markets".
Barriers to Taking Action (BAR) - However, action may not take place, even though an individual may believe that the benefits to taking action are effective.
