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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What's the rest of the sentence?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Here's an example: What I watch on television has a lot of influence on my thoughts.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

In this example it wold be 'influence on' there are rules regarding when 'on' and 'over' are interchangeable or not.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I hope this helps you.

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