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>allot My god. This will probably considered a low value comment on here but the phrase is "a lot".
by SomeBoolshit 5y ago
>allot
My god. This will probably considered a low value comment on here but the phrase is "a lot".
- grp000 5y agoCrazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes.
- geoduck14 5y ago>Crazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes. Yuo messed an oportunity to misspell yur comet.
- gregoryl 5y agoBecause it's not required for the level of discourse expected.
- labster 5y agoMore than our allotment.
- kjaftaedi 5y agoIt's almost as if English is not everyone's first language.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoYou say this but I know way too many people who have English as their first and only language who make silly mistakes. And when you mention the correct way to say/write something _you're_ an asshole. No, I'm trying to help you!
- eeegnu 5y agoYour right in principal, bad grammar effects us all, theirs allot we can do too keep content here peek quality.
- dcow 5y agowrite* due* hear*
- pacaro 5y agoFwiw, while we're being pedantic, do and due are only homophones in some English dialects
- kwhitefoot 5y agoIt never occurred to me that they were homophones in any English dialects!
- sashagim 5y ago* affect :(
- colanderman 5y agoThe GP made those mistakes on purpose. The parent was adding some more.
- akavel 5y agoAhh, you reminded me of a classic standup sketch on youtube, titled: "The Impotence of Proofreading" IIRC
- seattle_spring 5y agoAllot is a perfectly cromulent word.
- breakingcups 5y agoRelevant: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better...
- ben_w 5y agoOn the one hand, yes; on the other hand, it’s kind of fun to watch, in real time, the same sort of linguistic shift that means that the word “orange” doesn’t begin with the letter n.