For the love of God there is no such word as "alot"!

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Or "abit" or "infact" or "inbetween". No, really. They're not words.

And please stop putting random spaces before punctuation. (Unless you're writing in French, in which case carry on.)

And "your" is not an abbreviation for "you are".

(Sorry - I'm probably BU, it's just a forum, no digs meant at anyone who's dyslexic or who has other learning difficulties, etc., etc. And I'm sure my grammar isn't perfect, and I certainly shouldn't begin sentences with a preposition.)

But, please!

And here endths the english lesson

And here endths the english lesson

Erm, endths??

I see these kind of posts alot. Why not get over to the pedants' corner?

Yeah alot of people do it...

oh get over yourself

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im trying to read inbetween the lines

Language evolves.

My kids talk about this!

Infact i get what you mean

@vodkaredbullgirl you might have abit of difficulty 😂

I agree.

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-alot

So what was the point of the thread then ?

Imagine getting worked up about something as trivial as that. I feel bad for you

see there is sure a word as alot

Infact this thread is alot of bull

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I often wonder why some people write "alot" or "abit" but then don't write "aproblem" or "amistake".

Allot is a word: it means to give a share or portion of something. Alot isn't.

If people don't make the effort to spell properly or try to use decent grammar, they are doing people with dyslexia/EAL/SEN a disservice. I have ASD and spend quite a lot of my time screaming inside my head at the mistakes. This is a waste of time as I rewrite things in my mind. Imagine you're from abroad and you're learning English. You come onto a forum such as this; some of the posts are unintelligible. It is not pedantic, snobby or mean to say so. It helps us out! Evolution of language is not the same as fighting against your predictive text.

Hey, I’m with you. It drives me up the wall when people use language incorrectly.

I too, am not prepared to accept the ‘language evolves’ bollocks. Misusing or misspelling words is not evolution, it’s a step backwards. Think ‘Flowers for Algernon’.

A lot of it stems from people just not reading books enough. If they’re visually exposed to words regularly, the spellings and uses of them infiltrate without them realising.

That and shit schooling I presume.

Thank you, OP.

I hate it. And instantly judge anyone who uses it. I mean, you even have to deliberately override autocorrect. Is that not the clue that you're being illiterate?

I see these kind of posts alot. Why not get over to the pedants' corner?

I think that would be preaching to the converted.

I kinda get where your coming from OP 😃