Heat oven to 300 degrees F. Line shallow roasting pans with heavy-duty foil. Stir liquid smoke into mustard, if desired. Combine brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, pepper and salt in small bowl. Brush meatier side of each slab of ribs with liquid smoke-mustard mixture or the mustard. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture evenly over mustard. Place ribs in foil-lined roasting pans.
Synonym Discussion of influence affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway mean to produce or have an effect upon. affect implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.
First, bear in mind that there are two words spelled affect. One means to put on a false show of, as in She affected a British accent. The other affect, the one that is confused with effect, is both a noun and a verb. It is pronounced with stress on the first syllable rather than the second. Note that affect does not have a noun sense meaning an influence that brings about a change.. As a verb, affect is most commonly used in the sense of to cause a change in: the ways in which smoking affects health. The verb effect means to bring about or execute: medical treatment designed to effect a cure.