Alot? | Imamother

watergirl

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:36 am

I’ll take this opportunity: its “cost”, not “costed”.

kneidel

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:36 am

Okay. Thanks. I just see it a lot here. Smile

As a Brit, it shouts out as wrong but I see this spelling on tons of posts, that are otherwise intelligent and well worded, so got me wondering...

ohmygosh

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:41 am

No, it's not a word. "A lot" should be two words. It bothers me every time I see it as one word, but hey, there are worse things in this world Smile

kneidel

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:44 am

ohmygosh wrote:

No, it's not a word. "A lot" should be two words. It bothers me every time I see it as one word, but hey, there are worse things in this world Smile

Yeah, but I'd much rather be bothered by the small thing than the big ones, don't you think? Wink

sweat the small stuff so you don't have too sweat the big stuff! Smile

Kidding aside, I was really just plain curious, as explained above...

bbhem5

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:48 am

It jumps out at me too, and I'm born and bred in the US. I can still hear my teacher (2nd or 3rd grade) chanting "A is a word and lot is a word, but never the two together!" Not sure if people are just typing too fast or if they missed out on this vital piece of information.

OBnursemom

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 9:54 am

I find that when I type long posts, I find typos that I would never condone. I’m not sure what the problem is, but I’m so embarrassed that I made that mistake. What I’m trying to say is that if you see alot posted as a word in otherwise well worded posts, it might be a mistake.

simcha2

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 11:21 am

ohmygosh wrote:

No, it's not a word. "A lot" should be two words. It bothers me every time I see it as one word, but hey, there are worse things in this world Smile

Yup, there are worse things in this world, like using "u" for "you".

chicco

Fri, Aug 10 2018, 1:25 pm

I've been wanting to make a PSA about this for a long time, but I decided to exercise letting things go. I'm so glad you brought it up, and in a way that was not offensive, but openly curious. 👍

FranticFrummie

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 10:35 am

This link explains everything: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogs......html

Iymnok

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 2:15 pm

While we’re at it, niftar is the Hebrew for died. Nifta, the word I’ve seen here, seems to be a mispronunciation with a Brooklyn accent.
Passed and past are different words with different usages and meanings.
Loose and lose. When you lose weight, your clothes may be loose.
You’re is a congegagation of "you are".
Your is a second person possessive. You’re sitting in your chair.

Thank you for the opportunity to get this off my chest.

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kneidel

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 5:50 pm

Thanks FranticFrummie. I loved the link. And I'm laughing (and blushing) because I typoed to 'too' in post above.

ohmygosh

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 6:26 pm

Iymnok wrote:

While we’re at it, niftar is the Hebrew for died. Nifta, the word I’ve seen here, seems to be a mispronunciation with a Brooklyn accent.
Passed and past are different words with different usages and meanings.
Loose and lose. When you lose weight, you’re clothes may be loose.
You’re is a congegagation of "you are".
Your is a second person possessive. You’re sitting in your chair.

Thank you for the opportunity to get this off my chest.

Oh yes. Lose and loose. Drives me nuts. You're and your as well.

Chickpea

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 7:08 pm

What about cuz for because

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watergirl

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 7:14 pm

Iymnok wrote:

While we’re at it, niftar is the Hebrew for died. Nifta, the word I’ve seen here, seems to be a mispronunciation with a Brooklyn accent.
Passed and past are different words with different usages and meanings.
Loose and lose. When you lose weight, you’re clothes may be loose.
You’re is a congegagation of "you are".
Your is a second person possessive. You’re sitting in your chair.

Thank you for the opportunity to get this off my chest.

Nifta is something that I see a lot on here. Also “draw” when they mean “drawer”.

SpottedBanana

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 7:17 pm

Iymnok wrote:

While we’re at it, niftar is the Hebrew for died. Nifta, the word I’ve seen here, seems to be a mispronunciation with a Brooklyn accent.
Passed and past are different words with different usages and meanings.
Loose and lose. When you lose weight, you’re clothes may be loose.
You’re is a congegagation of "you are".
Your is a second person possessive. You’re sitting in your chair.

Thank you for the opportunity to get this off my chest.

You may want to edit your post Wink

ohmygosh

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 8:10 pm

I've also seen defiantly used for definitely often enough. I don't know how those two words get confused with each other.

smileforamile

Sat, Aug 11 2018, 8:43 pm

Delete

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