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).
The state of being affected. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition. An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind 2013 August 23, Mark Cocker, âWings of Desireâ, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 26: Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly.