The phrase "aftermath can be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to discuss the consequences or results that follow an event, typically a negative one.
Example: "The aftermath can be devastating for communities affected by natural disasters."
Alternatives: "the consequences can be" or "the results can be".
The aftermath can be gnarly.
Migraine attacks and their aftermath can be brutally severe and debilitating.
But movies that deal seriously with any other aspect of the period or its aftermath can be counted on the fingers of one hand with digits to spare.
Second, it inspired a revolution whose happy aftermath can be seen in the food aisles of Waitrose, Sainsbury and Tesco, and perhaps even in the popularity of MasterChef and The Great British Bake Off.
Communities and societies are ripped apart in armed conflict and the aftermath can be as deadly, as the war itself as simmering animosities are unleashed in horrific spirals of violence.
If the Iliad, set during a war, keeps showing us men's bodies, either in frenzied action or stilled by death, the Odyssey, set in war's aftermath, can be described as a poem about the mind — a celebration of the intellectual and verbal qualities that we might need to survive in a world uneasily settling back into the forgotten habits of peacetime.
As a jury convicted three of the minor players of involvement in the raid and its aftermath, it can be revealed that the ringleaders include a man cleared of the murder of an undercover police officer investigating the £26m Brink's Mat gold bullion raid in 1983.
The reason for it all -- for throwing the race and raising his fist, for facing the opprobrium of the crowd and the long aftermath -- can be understood through a simple analogy, according to Carlos.
The main exceptions are wars and their aftermath — and those can be problematic too.
Sometimes, the aftermath of war can be more terrible than the conflict itself.
Less than half a percentage point of the deaths were caused by violence, illustrating how the aftermath of war can be more deadly than combat itself.
