alot ~gez~ as i read through this site i realise that there are many words which i realise have not been blthered about. many of them are common words and could have great things written about them click here -------- 020822 ... Lilac maybe because people just don't know how to spell. a_lot is two words, not one. If you spell it as one word then it has two "l"s Allot meaning :to assign as a share or portion or to distribute by or as if by lot. 030120 ... skalix you know, this is really two words a and lot meaning much 040201 ... minnesota_chris language is constantly changing. If a lot of young people are typing "alot" alot, in a generation it will become a new word. We'll see it appear in dictionaries within our lifetimes, I betcha. 040503 ... spiffy for the last time... it's TWO words!! A LOT. alot is not a word. sorry... people always misspelling it bugs me. 040607 ... dosquatch AACK! No, no, no! It is NOT two word. "allot" means to portion out parts of the whole to a group of recipients as needed, typically evenly. Oh, wait... you mean "a LOT", as in a surveyed parcel of land. I see. Nevermind, that is two words. 040607 ... Rob That's right. I don't want to talk about "a lot" (ie. a parcel of land). However, I've enjoyed this conversation "alot" (That's the way I was taught!) Thanks. 041130 ... Charles I've heard the same tune from teachers discouraging use of the word "ain't" which is now right there in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. To the teachers I give the middle finger right along with those who knit-picked the -in my opinion- proper use of double-negatives through emphasis(ex. "I don't want to just sit here and *not* do something about it, but I don't know what I *should* do either") I agree with those who predict it will be a part of our language soon enough, just listen to when it's used in a sentence, it sounds like 'allot'. I can't wait ot be able to use it guilt free in microsoft word. 050605 ... :) LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO 050927 ... JRH "Alot" is slang. 80,000,000 google matches-- That's alot. 060401 ... . Kind of like alright. 060401 ... khalimaram just like you wouldn't write alittle, you shouldn't write alot. 060509 ... yourmom however, "ain't" is also regarded by Merriam-Webster as improper usage, i.e., SLANG. 070110 ... yourmom http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/ain't 070110 ... biff it's a word. deal with it. If ginormous can make it.... I mean c'mon. yada yada.... 070718 ... storm It bothers me alittle. 071105 ... ~ THE 1 ~ You people are pissing me off. Seriously! I've won multiple spelling Bee's since 4th Grade and still hate seeing the phrase spelled a lot. I prefer alot. It looks better & is fundamentally correct. "A lot", is an actual pile of something. "Alot" is a huge amount of anything. I'm one of the most anal individuals when it comes to correct spellings of words, but I have utter disregard for the bashing of the word "ALOT" I'm a Millenium Kidd & can't wait to see "ALOT" in the dictionary. Idiots! Leave it be. 080516 ... dosquatch I find that 4 years has me disagreeing with what I wrote before. "A lot" is two words, but so what? We're fine with other contractions and compound words, why bug so much about this one? Considering how many new words are added to the language each year out of whole cloth, and that the natural course of language is to evolve, I kindly invite anyone resisting this word (myself included) to either get over it or fuck_off. 080722 ... tourist Way Down South It's "Alotta" Like In "Hay Ya'll Ain't That Alotta Crap!" We're Just Ahead Of The Curve When It Comes To Eloquence. We Never Let The Rules Of Grammer Stand In The Way Of A Good Yarn. Truth Neither For That Matter. 080722 ... alot Wow, for a non-existent word, folks have alot to say about it, and alot of folks use it. Therefore, I say alot is a proper word in our language. Oh, and I do believe that languages evolve, and this is an evolution the conservative English teachers guild will not be able to prevent from happening. 090201 what's it to you? who go blather from