By definition, the term <em>change </em>means a process by which something or an aspect of that process has undergone some kind of transformation or is different compared to the past.
One negative change someone may encounter as a student is that this student may be used to a specific teacher, his or her teaching techniques, way of testing,etc and one day without notice the school principal changes this teacher for one that would not produce the same impact or result on this student. This change will affect negatively on the student´s performance.
He died because he flew to close to the sun and his wings melted off
These policies will only mildly affect Linda’s job. the affect in this sentence will mean this will be altered or influenced
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