Writing Helper: A lot
This is part of the series:
- Grammar Helper
- Grammar Helper: Ensure, Assure, Insure
- Grammar Helper: There, Their, They're
- Grammar Helper: Appraise vs. Apprise
- Grammar Helper: Idea vs. Ideal
- Grammar Helper: Commas in a series
- Grammar Helper: Who and Whom (simple version)
- Grammar Helper: I vs. Me
- Writing Help: Who's vs. Whose
- Writing Helper: Just Thinking to Myself
- Writing Helper: Poor and Pour, Then and Than
- Grammar Helper: Its vs It's
- Writing Helper: Breath vs. Breathe, Bath vs. Bathe
- Cite, sight and site
- Writing Helper: Stationary vs. Stationery
- Writing Helper: Lose vs. Loose
- Avoiding the Passive Voice
- Possessive vs. Plural: Getting it Right
- Writing Helper: A lot
- Writing Helper: Bath vs Bathe
- Writing Helper: Choose vs Chose
- Writing Helper: Idea vs. Ideal
I see this one all the time, and it drives me nuts. It’s also a very easy mistake to avoid, with a simple memory trick.
A lot is always two words, never alot.
To help you remember, you would never write alittle, so never write alot.
Easy, right?
February 26th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
“alittle”, that’s a great way to remember! Thanks for the tip.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Excellent! I’ll have to remember to pass that on. I can’t handle when people write alot instead of a lot. Thanks!