Question

Help me out please. Is it "influence on" or "influence over"?

Answer 1

What's the rest of the sentence?

Answer 2

Here's an example:

What I watch on television has a lot of influence on my thoughts.

Answer 3

In this example it wold be 'influence on'

there are rules regarding when 'on' and 'over' are interchangeable or not.

Answer 4

Would you mind sharing those rules with me, for future reference?

Answer 5

I don't know the exact rules, but here's some people discussing this: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=874397

Answer 6

I hope this helps you.