The non-word “alot” has an amazingly strong hold on many writers, even with spellcheckers separating the two parts of it. I will bet that some writers override their spellchecker, pulling those four letters back together, muttering something like “Stupid program!…
Wednesday Words & Woes: One Real (But Not Accepted) and Two Not Even Real
Questions arise constantly about words — which to use, which to never use, and why. In my Brush Up on Your American Grammar workshops, I refer to some words as not accepted or not standard, meaning they are in dictionaries…
A Lot, Allot, Alot
As you’re reading this — before you see the picture below with the answers — look at the headline again. Do you know which of the three in the headline is not a real word? Hmmm? How did another Wednesday…