Notice: "ALOT" is NOT a word [shameless grammar-Nazi vanity]

TChris | 7-6-2009 | TChris

[TChris]

Please use "a lot", since those words are actually in the dictionary.

</grammar rant>

[xjcsa]

A ‘lot’ means a piece of land.

Not always - many auctions are by "lot" - meaning a batch of goods sold as a group.

[starlifter]

My favorite song is “My Dixie Wrecked”, a sad tale about a NASCAR accident

[the OlLine Rebel]

Ggrrrr...you’re making my skin crawl!

[Puddleglum]

it aint? dangit!

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

???

[trisham]

I don’t think so. It’s not part of what is being addressed.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

You believe this to be a grammar problem?

Spelling enforcement has been delegated to the grammar nazis, because nobody else seemed interested in the job. You obviously haven't received the memo.

[Arthur McGowan]

There’s also no such word as “alright.”

And a person is somewhat fat, or somewhat loud, but NOT “somewhat of a musician.” He is someTHING of an musician.

[djf]

You need some female attention.
You need it alot!!

[papasmurf]

I no this post was aimmed at me. Even though I ain’t vein. I only just wanted to make sure everybodie knows that I speak justus good of English as you’all, if not gooder!

[TChris]

Pedant freak! ;-)

Yew meant "pedan't", rite?

[Jewbacca]

“Is there a hyphen in anal-retentive?”

Hey, if someone appoints themselves grammar-Nazi, they need to be prepared for alot of scrutiny. ALOT.

[trisham]

Yes...I feel the same way about “anyways”. It annoys the “heck” out of me.

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"Anyhoo" is worse.

[Billthedrill]

o yah well your a looser to.

But I have to agree. There is, as well, the inevitable corruption caused by an entire generation of young whippersnappers turning their thumbs spatulate through the use of texting and game controllers. How the heck are you ever gonna sharpen yer quill pen with thumbs like that? I ask you.

It is fortunate that geekdom tends not to reproduce or the human race would slowly evolve toward multiple thumbdom. And then where would we be? Do you think the intelligent yams of Altair III would accept an alliance with the Beasts With Four Thumbs? You never even considered that, did you? Huh? And what about big toes? If they're not opposable, why are they so big?

It's the metric system I tellya.

[Earthdweller]

LOL!

There is always a more masterful Master Englishman, lurking about the shadows, patiently waiting his time, for that one, perfectly gratifying moment, to unleash the ultimate linguistic ambush.

Bravo!

[Jewbacca]

I post with a dictionary due to lack of English word knowledge, so it is fun to call a native speaker on something.

[ejonesie22]

No, that is a mammaticaly correct usage...

[the long march]

Unless of course you are referring to Alot.com

You have too much time on your hands

[ejonesie22]

I bet your done going to still says it alot...

[patriot08]

My english is not perfect, but I hate ‘alot’, ‘your in place of you’re’ and ‘there in place of their’ and the lot. Come on, this is basic english.