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minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd still I maintain that “alot” is not a word.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoMy favorite reference to “alot”
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMine, too! I hope Allie is doing well these days.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI feel like that sort of misses the point. That really has to do with how we transcribe verbal speech into written. “A lot” is absolutely a phrase, I don’t imagine you’d disagree with that.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoFrankly this wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for “another”
And still I maintain that “alot” is not a word.
My favorite reference to “alot”
Mine, too! I hope Allie is doing well these days.
I feel like that sort of misses the point. That really has to do with how we transcribe verbal speech into written. “A lot” is absolutely a phrase, I don’t imagine you’d disagree with that.
Frankly this wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for “another”