It would be sensible to define your terms. Which sense of imply would you like us to guess you're using (imply 2. (Logic) to suggest or involve as a necessary consequence [Collins])?

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The best ways to investigate this sort of claim do include looking in decent dictionaries.

Compare the first-given (and in a non-historical dictionary, this indicates frequency of this sense being the intended one) definitions for the transitive usage/s at AHDEL, Collins and RHK Webster's:

affect

.1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. [AHDEL]

.1. to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way: damp affected the sparking plugs.[Collins]

.1. to produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.[RHK Webster's]

So there is at least a connotation of a negative (in the sense of adverse) effect. The Collins definition pushes this reasonably close to denotation, but it's probably justifiable to average these analyses to get a general picture.

This is doubtless compounded by the most usual sense of the homonym:

affect[2] 1. To put on a false show of; simulate [AHDEL]

This is not to say that these vibes will be picked up identically by all people, and certainly not in all contests (The mass of a planet will obviously affect its gravity).

It would be sensible to define your terms. Which sense of imply would you like us to guess you're using (imply 2. (Logic) to suggest or involve as a necessary consequence [Collins])?

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The best ways to investigate this sort of claim do include looking in decent dictionaries.

Compare the first-given (and in a non-historical dictionary, this indicates frequency of this sense being the intended one) definitions for the transitive usage/s at AHDEL, Collins and RHK Webster's:

affect

.1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. [AHDEL]

.1. to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way: damp affected the sparking plugs.[Collins]

.1. to produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.[RHK Webster's]

So there is at least a connotation of a negative (in the sense of adverse) effect. The Collins definition pushes this reasonably close to denotation, but it's probably justifiable to average these analyses to get a general picture.

This is doubtless compounded by the most usual sense of the homonym:

affect[2] 1. To put on a false show of; simulate [AHDEL]

This is not to say that these vibes will be picked up identically by all people, and certainly not in all contexts (The mass of a planet will obviously affect its gravity).

The best ways to investigate this sort of claim do include looking in decent dictionaries.

Compare the first-given (and in a non-historical dictionary, this indicates frequency of this sense being the intended one) definitions for the transitive usage/s at AHDEL, Collins and RHK Webster's:

1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. [AHDEL]

2. to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way: damp affected the sparking plugs.

3. to produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.

So there is at least a connotation of a negative (in the sense of adverse) effect.

This is doubtless compounded by the most usual sense of the homonym:

affect[2] 1. To put on a false show of; simulate [AHDEL]

This is not to say that these vibes will be picked up identically by all people, and certainly not in all contests (The mass of a planet will obviously affect its gravity).

It would be sensible to define your terms. Which sense of imply would you like us to guess you're using (imply 2. (Logic) to suggest or involve as a necessary consequence [Collins])?

...........................

The best ways to investigate this sort of claim do include looking in decent dictionaries.

Compare the first-given (and in a non-historical dictionary, this indicates frequency of this sense being the intended one) definitions for the transitive usage/s at AHDEL, Collins and RHK Webster's:

affect

.1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. [AHDEL]

.1. to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way: damp affected the sparking plugs.[Collins]

.1. to produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.[RHK Webster's]

So there is at least a connotation of a negative (in the sense of adverse) effect. The Collins definition pushes this reasonably close to denotation, but it's probably justifiable to average these analyses to get a general picture.

This is doubtless compounded by the most usual sense of the homonym:

affect[2] 1. To put on a false show of; simulate [AHDEL]

This is not to say that these vibes will be picked up identically by all people, and certainly not in all contests (The mass of a planet will obviously affect its gravity).