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 Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:24 pm
My question is allot or alot is correct. I even seen a lot. So which is correct and why.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:13 pm
"A lot" is the correct spelling. There's always a space in between.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:01 am
Dulak "A lot" is the correct spelling. There's always a space in between. Odd, after browsing dictionary.com I found that a lot is spelt correctly. I can't understand why that would be correct though. Alot or allot would seem more correct then a lot. A lot can be confused for a lot... The English Grammar can be strange at times... stare
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:32 am
[x]Smoozle[x] "Allot" is wrong as it would be "all ot" or "al lot" which sound a little strange to me! As for "alot" I'm pretty sure that this is a different word(?).
And yes, the Enlglish language is really fu***d up. [x]Smoozle[x]
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:34 am
Allot
- to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:31 pm
"A lot" is indeed the correct spelling. Don't feel badly though. I used "alot" for years before I found out how wrong I was.
This is a properly formatted sentence. The first letter of a sentence is ALWAYS capitalized. A sentence always ends in a punctuation mark, usually a period, but sometimes a question mark or exclamation point. Punctuation such as the comma, the colon and the semicolon are used as sentence pausers. Never should a sentence end with one of these.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:40 pm
Heh, I've always known that it's supposed to be a lot and allot. razz
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:06 pm
I would choose a lot. (My teacher stresses it so much it's annoying. xp ) I think that it's pretty hard to get "a lot" confused if you look at the context. Then again, context can be pretty twisted. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:56 pm
Actually, if you want to get technical [and I'm sure you do, this being a grammar guild and all], don't even use "a lot" unless you're actually talking about a real lot, e.g. a [parking] lot of cars, or a lot of stereos [in the shipment sense?]
Whatever. It is thence that "a lot" has come to mean "a great deal".
"allot" is a verb.
"alot" is nothing.
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