The birth rates in Europe are so low that there are now more people in Italy over 60 than under the age of 20. Greece, Spain, and Germany will all be in the same boat soon; not enough young people to support the aging population.
The everyday use of âaffectâ is the verb, meaning âto influenceâ (his methods affected me greatly), but it also means âto feignâ (he affected nonchalance). The everyday use of âeffectâ is the noun, meaning âresultâ (the effect of this has been to make him proud) or âinfluenceâ (he has had such an effect on me).
Effected means to actually do something, to execute, produce or bring about something. Its an action word of actually doing something, i.e. He effected a reorganization of the finance department.. Affected is used to describe something being impacted. This is a word you would commonly use when something has been impacted, i.e. The accountants in finance were affected by the reorganization.. You can even see the two used in the same sentence, He effected a reorganization of the department and many of the people there were significantly affected.. Theyre essentially pronounced the same so this can lead many people to get them flipped when writing them.