Attention, "alot" is not a word.

Lee Carbray · 11-20-2003, 08:36 AM

I am sorry I could not take it any more. I see it everyday and it is driving me mad. The proper phrase is "a lot". An example in a sentence would be,

A lot of people make this mistake.

Come on people let's use the spell check.

There, I got it off my chest. Feel free to list your own spelling pet peeves.

James T · 11-20-2003, 09:07 AM

I thought both spellings were okay.

Anyway, mine are "There, their and they're".
ITS and IT'S are also pretty bad

And spell check won't fix that, since it's a grammer thing

Devin U · 11-20-2003, 09:12 AM

Its a message board, not a english paper. Expect spelling and grammer mistakes.

Jack Fanning · 11-20-2003, 09:23 AM

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Its a message board, not a english paper. Expect spelling and grammer mistakes.

My pet peeve is when people spell grammar wrong

Joe S · 11-20-2003, 09:26 AM

Had to jump in with something that drives me mad. I can't say if I've seen it here or not, but I've seen it for years on other web forums and bulletin board systems.

For a long time I've noticed some confusion between the words "then" and "than", resulting in sentences like "Mine is bigger then yours".

I'm convinced there is a teacher somewhere who is confused or can't pronounce correctly. This produced scores of individuals who use "then" instead of "than".

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ChrisMatson · 11-20-2003, 09:48 AM

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An example in a sentence would be,
A lot of people make this mistake.

BrettB · 11-20-2003, 09:51 AM

Alot of people claim theres is bigger then yours. Its rediculous.

Tony Whalen · 11-20-2003, 09:52 AM

Its certainly common enuf. Their are going to be misteaks like this. Than again, I'm not one to talk. But thanks alot four the advice.

(God...that was painful to even TYPE that.)

Don't hit me...'twas done in jest!

Lee Carbray · 11-20-2003, 09:53 AM

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Its a message board, not a english paper

Proof reading your post should be common courtesy to those reading them. It also ensures that the reader will understand it. At the same time I am not saying everything should be perfect. That one just bugs me. I expect typos and that sort of thing, even with the spell check. Sometimes one is just in a hurry. However the use of the word "alot" is so common that it appears that most people don't know it is wrong.