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To: zencycler
Would you please get FReepers using "alot" to cease?
483 posted on 12/07/2002 3:28:06 PM PST by ofMagog
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To: zencycler
Apologies for the double post.
484 posted on 12/07/2002 3:29:08 PM PST by ofMagog
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To: ofMagog
Would you please get FReepers using "alot" to cease

The lesson that stayed with me was "Sodom and Gomorrah had a Lot to be thankful for". It proved a useful device to remember not to use "alot" (although it ends in a preposition).
496 posted on 12/07/2002 3:34:31 PM PST by zencycler
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To: ofMagog
I use the a hyphen in a-lot, alot.
512 posted on 12/07/2002 3:44:20 PM PST by unspun
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