"soften the effect of" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to make something less harsh, severe, or intense. You can use this phrase in various situations, such as when describing a remedy or solution to a problem, when discussing the impact of an action or event, or when trying to lessen the negative consequences of a situation. Example: "Implementing these measures could help soften the effect of the economic crisis on small businesses."
Their landscapes soften the effect of noise pollution under the flight path of Heathrow Airport, on the western border.
But Janine Freeman, the head of UK and EU public affairs at the National Grid, insisted that efforts were being made to soften the effect of transmission lines.
Stronger growth resulting from structural reforms was supposed to soften the effect of a planned second rise in the consumption tax, to 10%, this autumn.
Until the mid-1990s, this market barely existed.The effect of all this has been to soften the effect of corporate defaults on America's banking system.
If you simultaneously tighten fiscal policy (as Europe has done and America is now starting to do), it will soften the effect of cheap money.
So concerned were Andersen's executives about employee morale that, in an effort to soften the effect of news articles expected to be critical, they distributed e-mail alerts to staff members before the accounts were published.
Though hormone replacement therapy can soften the effects of testosterone, the process is most effective before puberty.
Gale A. Norton's attempt to soften the effects of oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is disingenuous at best.
We got into this mess in the first place by inflating a housing bubble to soften the effects of the bursting of the tech bubble.
Two portraits of American Indian women by Samuel Halegua are honest but affectionate, using muted color to soften the effects of time and weather.
Politically unwelcome everywhere, rising unemployment is especially sensitive in Japan, and political pressure is mounting on the prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, to set aside his austerity program and step up public spending to soften the effects of the downturn.
