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Discover LudwigThe phrase "affected to hear" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misinterpretation of "affected" in this context, which typically means to be influenced or touched by something emotionally.
Example: "I was affected to hear about the tragic news of her passing."
Alternatives: "moved to hear" or "touched to hear".
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I know I am profoundly affected to hear, in their simple demands, the play's fierce original spirit: 'Why did you let them?
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It was affecting to hear Schiller's references to the "starry canopy" performed outdoors on this balmy night.
It was affecting to hear the sweet voices of these angelic choristers as they grappled so gamely with the complex canons and stark imagery of spiritual battles in one agitated hymn from Britten's work, "This Little Babe".
It was especially affecting to hear this quartet played with such intensity while crowds of happy people could be seen through the picture windows at the back of the small stage, enjoying the balmy weather from the dock at Fulton Ferry Landing.
Though this triumphalist and formulaic documentary might have limited appeal -- try as we might, we can never make great journalists as interesting as their stories -- it's genuinely affecting to hear reporters remembering their canny and capricious boss with such admiration.
Allowing people whose bodies these appendages really affect to be heard, and understood.
We regret that as a result of sustained audience disruption within the concert hall which affected the ability to hear the music, tonight's Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Prom was taken off air.
HuffPost Readers: If you're a West Virginian whose water supply has been affected, we want to hear from you.
HuffPost Readers: If you're a West Virginian whose water supply has been or is still affected, we want to hear from you.
Sixty-three percent of those 70 and older were found to be suffering from impairment that affects their ability to hear human speech, according to the World Health Organization's definition.
All members chosen for the panel are expected to recuse themselves if they have a relationship with the accused student that may affect their ability to hear the case objectively.
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