A Lot (Two words)

Just to help all future posters help me justify the taxes we pay to our school systems. :-( IT IS A LOT. Thanks, I feel better. :-)

Know what you mean!!!(your/you're) drives me crazy too. -John

This was taught to me in fourth grade. Yet, while browsing through the Fox home page last summer, I found it spelled "alot" in a letter that Brandon Walsh "wrote" to his parents. Well, I decided to e-mail the kind folks at Fox and inform them that Brandon Walsh, a fine student journalist, would know that a lot is two words. The nice people at Fox then tried to tell me that "alot" was fine and did not have to be written as two words. No wonder no one takes Fox seriously as "the fourth network."

BTW--I am not an English or Journalism student.

Dusty Moer http://acs.tamu.edu/~dcm0027

It is indeed only one word, "alot". I got that drummed into me in Highschool a short few years ago. Just as another tidbit "nonetheless" is one word too.

Un abrazo, Manuel

On 4 May 1997, Manuel Rosado wrote:

Sorry to disagree, but that should be "a lot" (and "high school" for that matter). Check the dictionary.

[email] (Manuel Rosado) wrote:

Well, I don't know what HS you went to, but according to my Random House Dictionary there was no word between Alost (a city in Belgium) and aloud. lauri To reply privately, remove the "dontspam_" from my email address.

Webster's New College Dictionary (1995) has nothing between 'alopecia' and 'aloud'. (Hmm. Didn't even have 'Alost'. I guess I must defer to Random House. I'm at *alost* for words!)

there is no such word as alot.....

it is spelled a lot not alot!!!!!

geezz...........

Subject: Re: A Lot (Two words) From: Steve Campbell Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 22:07:16 -0500 Message-ID:

...how 'bout...anasshole???

Perhaps we can find a clue as to Manuel's grammatical qualifications in his also making one word of "Highschool". For the record, it's "a lot", and all assertions to the contrary are erroneous.

If only his name had been Ramon.

Manuel, I think you have a good civil case. You can sue the teacher. (A few short years ago)

four years alot is truely "a lot" TWO WORDS

I'm curious,how does the correct spelling of a word have any relevance here? Does it really matter that much? I'm mean people are just voicing their opinions about Seinfeld, not writing an essay for a grade? I truly do not understand. :)

Tori

Tori, Tori, Tori, you're missing the big picture. We sit here, discussing the intricate little, seemingly insignificant minutiae (sp?) of everyday life. (Sound familiar??) If this includes spelling, grammer, or even the relative disposition of our buddy, Justin (Please see 'other posts'), well than who's to complain?

You gotta take the bad with the good. The same driving force behind the corrections and re-corrections (is that a word?) can also be found behind questions such as: What disease did Jerry supposedly have when he got caught urinating in the parking garage? (Answer in SIG). It's the little things that keep me focused and involved.