The phrase "an affect on how" is not correct in standard English; it should be "an effect on how." You can use the corrected phrase when discussing the influence or impact something has on a particular situation or behavior.
Example: "The new policy will have an effect on how employees approach their work."
Alternatives: "an impact on how" or "a influence on how".
Philip Johnson's Lipstick Building is a good example -- I think even he would admit that I have had an affect on how he thinks about shapes.
"In some schools there's an element of ticking boxes and jumping through hoops to satisfy Ofsted rather than helping children in the classroom or helping teachers develop as professionals and this can have an affect on how they view appraisals".
Alvin McEwen: The incidents that led me to this point of what I'm doing now can be best described as moments which stood out and had an affect on how I view things as a gay man.
The old hall had also been found to have an inadvertent affect on how some visitors viewed human evolution.
A recent report suggests that regular bedtimes have a positive affect on how children behave, while erratic sleep leads to deterioration of behavior, health and learning.
He will not get carried away and it is great to see him do what he is doing because how you start your reign as captain does have a huge affect on how people view you.
The choice is yours, and the way you tackle each potentially blood-spilling situation has a direct affect on how the game ends.
Linguistic knowledge greatly affects the quality of an essay because it will affect on how the reader comprehends your essay.
This particular article will focus on cellular technology and its affect on how we treat each other.
Things like sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and insomnia can have a significant affects on how you feel during the day, and often go undiagnosed.
As marketers, the decisions cognitive computers make for us may not be life or death, but they will have profound affects on how our consumer audience discovers products and makes purchasing decisions.
