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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'only influence' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to emphasize the fact that something is the only factor having an influence on something else. For example: The teacher's only influence on the student's grades was to provide advice and assistance.
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Criticism has no real power, only influence.
But we can only influence.
The outside world can only influence developments at the margins.
You can't do anything about them, you can only influence what you are doing.
The only influence she ever tried to wield, she said, was for the good of mankind.
It's not the only influence — schools matter, coaches matter — but the biggest influence is the father".
"In this position you have no power going for you, only influence," Dierker said.
Technological Triumph Fashion is not the only influence on shoe offerings.
Yet he usually disposed of shares in his companies -- exercising only "influence".
The Mass is not her only influence on The Devil's Paintbrush.
"The only influence players have on the developer is to leave the game," he says.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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