WHAT is a lot?????

iCraig · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:21

musicman53 said:
Can someone tell me WHY loads of people insist on using the word a lot when there is no word a lot???

Do they? Do they really insist on using it? I doubt it, they just probably don't care as much as you do about having a space in between the two words. "a lot" is technically wrong, but wow, it's not exactly a literature-tragedy is it?

musicman53 said:
What does "a lot"mean?

You know very well it means "A lot". If you couldn't work that out, you're dumber than the people who use "a lot" in the first place.

Wyrdo · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:22

Smeg4Brains said:
As long as you can understand what it is they are trying to say, who cares?

This is a forum, not a spelling exam.

I hate people with this attitude, surely it doesn't hurt to spell things correctly? It really isn't hard.

Wyrdo · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:23

dbappa said:
I hate it when people say pacific instead on specific!

My wife used to do that, very annoying!

whitecrook · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:24

It's quite simple. a lot is more than afew. Which in turn is more than acouple, which in turn is one more than a.

Mephisto · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:24

iCraig said:
You know very well it means "A lot". If you couldn't work that out, you're dumber than the people who use "a lot" in the first place.

Q F T

iCraig · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:24

I think verbal screw-ups are far worse.

"Are you stupid or something?"

"Not nessa-celery"

Squark · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:26

dbappa said:
I hate it when people say pacific instead on specific!

Whenever I hear someone do that I always mutter SPecific out loud.

musicman53 · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:36

iCraig said:
Do they? Do they really insist on using it? I doubt it, they just probably don't care as much as you do about having a space in between the two words. "a lot" is technically wrong, but wow, it's not exactly a literature-tragedy is it?

You know very well it means "A lot". If you couldn't work that out, you're dumber than the people who use "a lot" in the first place.

IF thee an me were to take a IQ test then reckon I would be the not so dumb one.
For your info I DO know what they mean even tho they choose to write it as a lot!!!!.
I've been around the world and some so thee can stick that in thy pipe and suck on it.
THAT was never the issue to start with.
There is a word that comes to mind but thee aint worth gettin banned from the forums for.

Nullvoid · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:38

musicman53 said:
IF thee an me were to take a IQ test then reckon I would be the not so dumb one.
For your info I DO know what they mean even tho they choose to write it as a lot!!!!.
I've been around the world and some so thee can stick that in thy pipe and suck on it.
THAT was never the issue to start with.
There is a word that comes to mind but thee aint worth gettin banned from the forums for.

You just managed to butcher the English language there so I don't see why you're getting all righteous in your first post.

Tefal · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:38

Welcome to languages I know its hard to understand but new words are made frequently

Heofz · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:38

"I would have gone to the shops..." √

"I would of gone to the shops..." x

JIM_BOB7813 · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:41

a lot isn't a word.
Allot is, but means something different entirely.

SiriusB · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:41

I imagine at least half of the spelling/grammar mistakes made on any forum are down to people just not reading what they have typed. Also, words and phrases like then/than a lot/a lot can look the same when quickly scanning text.

As long as you can understand what is being said I see no reason to complain and create a thread about it.

Tefal · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:41

Heofz said:
"I would have gone to the shops..." √

"I would of gone to the shops..." x

Language changes, would you rather we all spoke in Shakespearian or just grunts suit you lot?

Nullvoid · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:43

iCraig said:
I think verbal screw-ups are far worse.

"Are you stupid or something?"

"Not nessa-celery"

No don't mention them

I've always had pretty flawless spelling and grammar since I was a youngster but when it comes to speaking, it seems a sentence can rarely get from my neurons to my mouth without being wrecked in some tragic way.

James07 · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:43

Smeg4Brains said:
As long as you can understand what it is they are trying to say, who cares?

This is a forum, not a spelling exam.

Damn right,

stop worrying, what a pittyful life you must have if that winds you up, ignore it, it isnt going to change is it?!

People are always going to type, talk, walk, break wind, the way they want to, who are we to tell them to do different, people will do what ever people want to do and we cant stop that.

Lighten up and relax dude, dont give yourself an heart attack over such a simple matter.

Spyhop · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:44

This "a lot", "awhile" business must have started recently because I don't remember it being used much before and now every 'ker does it.

Heofz · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:44

Tefal said:
Language changes, would you rather we all spoke in Shakespearian or just grunts suit you lot?

Language may change, and I accept that, but the following 2 facts remain:

"I have gone to the shops" makes sense.

"I of gone to the shops" doesn't.

musicman53 · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:45

Nullvoid said:
You just managed to butcher the English language there so I don't see why you're getting all righteous in your first post.

Oooohhhhhh it's the "getting rightseous"now is it?
Last time I heard that used was way back in 1968 when I was a biker.
For your info I mangle the"queens"English on porpoise.......I mean poipose eeerrrrr purpose.
I like to butcher the English on purpose..........
same as when I go into a pub where nobody knows me...........I mix Spanish and German together(spoken with a Southern drawl) just to confuse them.

Tefal · 5 Nov 2007 at 18:45

Heofz said:
Language may change, and I accept that, but the following 3 facts remain:

"I have gone to the shops" makes sense.

"I of gone to the shops" doesn't.

true, but "I would have gone to the shops..." √ Sounds wrong and doesn't roll off the tongue. where as "I would have gone to the shops..." x Sounds better and less jarring.