The phrase "affair affects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of a particular affair or situation on something else.
Example: "The ongoing affair affects the public's perception of the government."
Alternatives: "situation impacts" or "matter influences".
"In this situation," he said, "a Missouri affair affects the whole United States".
Mr Trump will be able to campaign on the back of an important victory, but commentators will be watching closely how the Kavanaugh affair affects women voters.
Ask anyone about whether having an affair affects marriage and they will likely say that infidelity is severely damaging.
The "Bel Canto" author returns with a novel about two families that become intertwined in California and how an affair affects the lives of the next generation.
The fallout from the affair affected Allen's reputation for many years.
Her unforgiving view of the affair affected Mr. Gore's attitude then and now, according to these associates.
But how will the Prism affair affect ordinary middle-class people in Britain, like doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers?
It addresses why Iran-Contra resulted from President Reagan's statecraft and how the affair affected US constitutional and political order, particularly presidential power.
Michael Gove and Theresa May had been respectively summoned from the Department for Education and the Home Office to face questions about their roles in the so-called Trojan horse affair affecting 21 schools in Birmingham, and the fact that it had sparked a very public fall-out between their two departments, much to David Cameron's annoyance.
I spoke with Rupp at his offices in Berlin where we sat behind his spy-proof, bulletproof glass windows and talked about the future of secure communications and how the Snowden affair affected sales of his pricey — if not important — cellphones.
International affairs affected Uganda in other ways.
