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The Do’s and Don’t’s of Grammar

The Do’s and Don’t’s of Grammar. Group 1: Anna Altmiller , Meghan Imbalzano , and Jess Randall. Affect/Effect, Allot/A lot/ Alot , Aggravate. Accept and Except. Accept Use accept to mean receive. ~ Example: “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” –Albert Einstein Except

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The Do’s and Don’t’s of Grammar

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  1. The Do’s and Don’t’s of Grammar Group 1: Anna Altmiller, Meghan Imbalzano, and Jess Randall Affect/Effect, Allot/A lot/Alot, Aggravate

  2. Accept and Except • Accept • Use accept to mean receive. ~ Example: “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” –Albert Einstein • Except • Use except to mean leave out. ~ Example: “I can resist everything except temptation.” –Oscar Wilde

  3. ERMAGERD she accepted an AWERD!!!

  4. means Except Exclude Exempt or (Delivers almost all items, except bad grammar.)

  5. Affect and Effect • Affect • Use affect to mean influence. ~Example: “Little things affect little minds.” –Benjamin Disraeli • Effect • Use effect to mean result. ~Example: “Grace in women has more effect than beauty.”–William Hazlitt

  6. Effect- Noun • Affect- Verb • An effect of bad study habits is a bad report card. A bad report card can affect college’s decisions about you.

  7. Allot, A lot, and Alot. • Allot • Use to mean divide into parts. It is correct if you can replace “allot” with “divide.” ~Example: Shannon will allot the chocolate bar. • Alot • Use to mean great or many ~ Example: “First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”–George Bernard Shaw • Alot • Should never be used because it is grammatically incorrect.

  8. Allot Al lot (to divide)

  9. The number of people who misuse “a lot” is a lot. (great or many) ALOT

  10. Aggravate • Aggravate should be used to mean “make worse” rather than annoy. • Correct: My allergy to pollen aggravated my eyes. • Incorrect: My little brother aggravated me.

  11. Aggravatemakesit worse. (Use aggravate correctly!)

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