Breakdown of Этот договор может оказать влияние на глобальную экологию.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
договор
contract / treaty
мочь
to be able to
экология
ecology
глобальный
global
влияние
influence
оказать
to exert (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Этот договор может оказать влияние на глобальную экологию.
Why use оказать влияние instead of just the verb повлиять?
Оказать влияние (to exert an influence) is a formal analytical predicate. It means the same thing as повлиять, but it sounds much more official and academic. You will often see these "light verb + noun" constructions in news, legal texts, and formal writing instead of their single-verb equivalents.
Why is it оказать (perfective) here and not оказывать (imperfective)?
Even in a light verb construction, aspect rules still apply. We use the perfective оказать because the sentence is talking about a single, potential future result (this treaty might exert an influence). If it were an ongoing, general, or repeated influence, you would use the imperfective оказывать влияние.
Does оказать влияние use the same preposition and case as the verb влиять?
Yes! Both the simple verb (влиять/повлиять) and the formal noun phrase (оказать влияние) take the preposition на + Accusative case to show what is being influenced. Here, that target is на глобальную экологию (on global ecology).
What other nouns are commonly used with the verb оказать?
Оказать (perfective) or оказывать (imperfective) literally means to render or to exert, and it acts as a "light verb" in several formal set phrases. Besides оказать влияние, you will frequently see оказать помощь (to render assistance or help), оказать поддержку (to provide support), and оказать давление (to put pressure on).
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