The phrase "affect the result of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one factor or variable influences the outcome of another situation or event.
Example: "The weather conditions can significantly affect the result of the outdoor event."
Alternatives: "influence the outcome of" or "impact the result of".
Imagine the outcry were such an injustice to affect the result of a major showpiece game.
Team instructions that affect the result of a race are forbidden under Formula One rules.
You can make a mistake and it doesn't affect the result of the game.
At the same time we note that the discussion in this Appendix does not affect the result of this case.
They then talked, claimed Majeed's defence, about "doing something" – but not something that would affect the result of games.
He further assumed locality namely, that measurement on one proton (i.e., the choice of the measurement direction) cannot affect the result of the measurement on the other proton.
All right, now the commutative property, as I said, tells us that the order in which we do convolution doesn't affect the result of the convolution.
"This will not affect the result of the investigation, but it has increased the length of time it will take to complete the investigation," said Mitchell, who gave the statement after inquiries from reporters.
The Hatch Act limits the political activity of federal employees, for instance barring them from seeking public office or using their authority "or influence to interfere with or affect the result of an election".
Also, particular attention should be placed on the manner in which constraints and technical coefficients affect the result of the downstream model.
Karla Adam reports from London: "Speaking outside her Downing Street offices, the British leader accused E.U. politicians and officials of issuing 'threats' that have been 'deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election.
