Does this word really exist? I read it daily and I want to know!

http://grammarist.com/spelling/a-lot-alot/

Your seeing “alot” alot bcos many ppl 2day think proper spelling is 4 grammer nazi’s and other losers. Dont judge! YOLO

(Gross, isn’t it…)

Funny, I was just rereading this comic on this very subject last night… (It has a picture of what an Alot looks like!)

@gailcalled‘s reference is certainly correct. Unfortunately, there are a lot of misspelled words and silly abbreviations that make their way into print, onto Web sites and especially via social media—and more all the time.

It’s sad, this unraveling of the grammar and spelling rules we older writers prized, but it’s inevitable and, arguably, even necessary. As one who regularly grits his teeth seeing mistakes like “alot,” I appreciate language questions on Fluther, well, a lot (not alot).

Alot is not all right. Neither is alright. They are both solecisms.

They are erroneously formed in the pattern set by legitimate words like “almost,” “already,” and “always.” “Alright” is so widely used now in place of “all right” that it may be considered acceptable in the near future. “Alot” will take longer, I suspect.

“Alot” exceeds my allotment of patience a lot.

No.

I see it way too much, myself.

Earlier this week I was writing something (in a computer application, I forget which one, but it might have even been Microsoft Word), and during a spell check operation it flagged ‘any more’ with a suggestion that it be “corrected” to ‘anymore’. I can do better without such spell checking…

Until the 13th century, “awhile” was written as two words. Pretty sure “alot” is on the same track.

That’s funny, @thorninmud, because I use ‘a while’ and ‘awhile’ differently.

“I hope you can visit Colorado and stay a while.”
vs. “Awhile back, I went to Red Rocks for a concert.”

There are some applications where the compound word will never should never replace the separate words:

That was some time we had at the party last night!
That was sometime we had at the party last night!

^^^Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.

Being a little bit of a spelling Nazi myself, it drives me crazy when people don’t space between the “a” and the “lot”. My ex husband had the most atrocious spelling and grammar! He would get furious when I corrected him.

Another pet peeve!! The word is “supposedly”. Not “supposebly”.
“Bonfire” not “bombfire”.......

I could go on and on….... lol

@Katniss: Do you live in the U.S.? If so, in what part? I have never heard anyone say “supposebly” or “bombfire,” although I have encountered plenty of other malapropisms.

@Katniss, welcome to Fluther! I’m a Texan, and I grew up hearing “supposebly” quite often (a lot). Not sure that I’ve heard “bombfire” but it’s certainly low-hanging fruit for the malapropism manufacturers.

@bookish1 Michigan born and raised. lol
My ex used both of those words all the time. I’ve heard others say them as well. Ugh!!
Another one that drives me batty is “stanima”. It’s stamina people…... !!

@picante Thank you! :0)
I have to know…. Does supposibly drive u insane?? lol

^^^ No more so than “u” for you, too many dots for the ellipsis, improper omission of commas and overuse of “lol.” We are all driven crazy by different usage issues, it seems.

It’s “stamina,” people.