Is it A Lot or Alot?

A Lot or Alot

Is it a lot or alot? There’s a very easy way to remember the difference between A Lot and Alot. For starters, ALOT is NOT a word.

A LOT: This is the right way.

Examples:

1. A lot of you write this and don’t even know it.
2. I get confused a lot.
3. Wow, there sure are a lot of things to remember every time I wake up in the morning.

ALOT: Huh? There is no such word.

There is a word ALLOT, which means to divide or distribute. But that’s not what you were trying to say, is it, Slappy?

Examples:

1. We will have to allot for the stupid people in the world when considering a Martian invasion plan.
2. Wow, that sure is a big allotment of safety helmets. Are we giving them to all the stupid people?
3. We will allot that large barren piece of land among all the stupid people.

Just remember that when you are saying a lot, you are actually referring to “a whole lot” of stuff.

See? Hopefully this clears things up, doofus.

A complete definition of the word ALLOT can be found here. 

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