"Alot" isn't a word dammit!

[Enterprofilenamehere]

It's "a lot". Two words. As in: "Man this forum sure contains a lot of spelling and grammatical errors."

How did this common error start anyway? And why is it so common?

[zeke]

Language and words change over time, and as a result, some words become compound words over time.

For example, how do you spell these words:

Football or Foot Ball
Firefighter or Fire Fighter
Notebook or Note Book
Superhero or Super Hero
Railroad or Rail Road
Inside or In Side
Sometimes or Some Times?

All of these words started off as separate words that became a recognizable term and were then compounded over time. It is common for a term to start as distinctly separate words (such as 'Through Out), a term then may move to commonly being a hyphenated term (Through-out), and then finally have the hyphen dropped (throughout) as common usage of the term spreads.

[TwisterCat]

Yes, and I don't use it.

[L1qu1dator]

I see A LOT more "you're" instead of "your" and "they're" instead of "their", or the other way around.
That just grinds my

[Tsubame ⭐]

It is, it is a small town in India.

[TwisterCat]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von L1qu1dator:

I see A LOT more "you're" instead of "your" and "they're" instead of "their", or the other way around.
That just grinds my :spintires_gears:

I think your right.

[kilésengati]

When people can write awhile, people can write alot.

[TwisterCat]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von kilésengati:

When people can write awhile, people can write alot.

I think if you write alot on off-Topic, your not allocating you're time properly.

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The proper spelling is damn it. Not dammit.

[Chaosolous]

A lot's been allotted there though.

[Acetyl]

i aint care about alot n this is 1

[Dozer]

thats alot of comments lmao

[Mmmmm]

Nice reverse psychology, now I'll make sure to always type it as alot. I hate being told what to do hah.

[Paratech2008]

I had a grade school teacher critize use of the word ain't.

There are bigger issues to worry about than that.

How about the acceptance of profanity and vulgarity in society.

Star Trek IV found cursing rampant in the 80s, what would they say of present day Earth?

Heck by first contact the Vulkans will find the Earth worse than the Klingons and have Earth as "planet forbidden"... Maybe they already have done so...

[brunoloy]

yes

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Ursprünglich geschrieben von Paratech2008:

I had a grade school teacher critize use of the word ain't.

There are bigger issues to worry about than that.

How about the acceptance of profanity and vulgarity in society.

Star Trek IV found cursing rampant in the 80s, what would they say of present day Earth?

Heck by first contact the Vulkans will find the Earth worse than the Klingons and have Earth as "planet forbidden"... Maybe they already have done so... :happykitty:

My second grade teacher always said ain't fell in a bucket of paint. She didn't like when kids used ain't. This was back in the 1980's so ain't wasn't a word yet.