To point out there is no such word as ALOT

[DropYourSword]

A. Lot. Two words. Simples!

Maybe I'm a bit of a grammar and spelling Nazi. I know its easy to make errors on Facebook, forums etc. I don't continuously correct other peoples spelling and its easy to make errors when you are typing quickly. I usually post via my phone so am using a predictive text app that can sometimes make some howlers. But a lot is not difficult to get right. It's not long or complicated, and doesn't even need and kind of memory aide to remember (anyone recall one coffee two sugars, or big elephants can always understand small elephants). And SO MANY people seem to think it's one word??

[wharrgarbl]

it really grinds my goat

Exotic sausage factory, then?

[Auntfini]

Oh this really annoys me. Also 'I was sat' or 'he was stood'. Yikes! I mentally put people in my 'thicko' category if they say either of these

[badtime]

I hate it when people run words together, just because a combined word does exist, e.g. using the perfectly cromulent 'anyway' when the context calls for 'any way'.

(Each year, at Christmas, I have a lengthy rant when Tiny Tim says 'God bless us, everyone'. It's 'every one' in that context. Dickens got it right.)

[valiumredhead]

It's a typo, my phone makes me look like I can't spell at all.

[MiddleAgeMiddleEngland]

DropYourSword : for stationary/stationery, just think "e for envelope".

I can't bear alot or thankyou, they really annoy me too.

[DropYourSword]

Good tip. I used to remember by thinking that a pen (e) was stationery and a car (a) could be stationary or in motion.

Envelope makes more sense!

[usualsuspect]

[Hmm]

Any need to be so bloody nasty about other people's mistakes

[usualsuspect]

My kindle is a twat for random apostrophes and whatever word it thinks I mean.

[usualsuspect]

Calling people thickos makes you sound like a dick.

[DropYourSword]

Not really I guess, but what's so nasty about pointing something out? Some people genuinely didn't know, and so learned something.

I, on the other hand, had no clue what cromulent meant and had to Google it, and am still no clearer on it TBH.

[usualsuspect]

Woteva.

[DropYourSword]

I certainly didn't call anyone thick. And I also fully appreciate I that I have made errors in my posts. I blame my phone!

[BulletProofVestyBunny]

You are correct about a lot, however, your posts make you come across like an utter knob and my virtual red pen is all over them like a rash.

[Auntfini]

usualsuspect, sorry if the quotation marks and apostrophes didn't make it clear that I was only joking. Thanks for saying I'm a dick though!

[usualsuspect]

Sorry but these threads are my 'pet hate'

[Auntfini]

Oops, have looked back and seen it doesn't look like I was joking since practically every other word is 'like this'. Was fairly certain the would be obvious enough!
Use of alot is just not good though. I am sure some teachers must be teaching it as a word.

[BulletProofVestyBunny]

It's like 'till' used as short for 'until', it always used to be wrong - 'til being the correct use, but it seems to have crept in as correct and accepted now.

These things are sent to try us.

[Lweji]

Yes, all the words we now use and are so nazi about are corruptions of older words.

That's language evolution.

[badtime]

BulletProof, actually till was always correct, and 'til was a hypercorrection.
www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=till&allowed_in_frame=0

DropYourSword, 'cromulent' is a word which was made up for an episode of the Simpsons, but I believe it is now in some dictionaries. It means real or acceptable. (BTW, is your name a Princess Bride reference?)

[DropYourSword]

Yes bad time! Possibly the most quotable film ever!!

[SconeRhymesWithGone]

OP

"its" (possessive)

"it's" (contraction of "it is")

Just sayin'

[DropYourSword]

Yep, aware of that, trials and tribulations of typing quickly!

[UptheChimney]

oooo using "I was sat there" when actually, you mean "I was sitting there" drives me crazy.