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).
Affect or Effect â A Useful Memory Trick. Remember that a comes before e in the alphabet and that is true of these two words, you will have needed to affect something in order to achieve an effect: âThe damp which affected her health was an unfortunate effect of the winter weather.â. So thatâs it in a nutshell.