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Please! A lot is two words!

by Bevvie in Six-Word Memoirs on Jan 21, 2013 | add favorite | T-shirt

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jl333 says,

I'm one to make that mistake alot. :)

catsmeow says,

You may win the battle, Bevvie, but never the war.

Bevvie says,

You are so right! I fought for 38 years in every English class that I taught. And the war continued!

jl333 says,

You have alot of work to do

jl333 says,

You'd actually be happy to know that my computer automatically corrects me if I put in the word 'alot'...but just for this sake I put the words together.

Dragonflower says,

Sometimes online it is just a typo, I know my spacebar sticks a lot and I'm too lazy to go back and correct. But the other thing is, a lot just doesn't look right to be as two words. I think of it as one word in my head. It is an expression I use...frequently. When I think about it in formal writing, I try to use other words to express frequency, but usually I'm more casual when I'm writing emails and such and just say alot, a lot.

Believe says,

And acrossed is not a word.

Bevvie says,

Nor is tooken. As in "Dr. Head, I tooken that class last semester."

catsmeow says,

Methinks they should have tooken a remedial English class, instead.

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