I recently located an interesting RSS feed, a blog on English and Grammar. http://grammarrule.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/?alt=rss The author provides interesting little tidbits to enlighten and enrich me, and hopefully improve the way I communicate. I look at it as my 'thought for the day'. Her insights remind me of dear learned friend who years ago informed me (ever so gently) that irregardless was not a word. "It sounds impressive," she would guide me, "because of it's size." She then informed me that 'regardless' was the only correct term to use.
Thanks to Kimberly's blog (English and Grammar), I now realize that 'alot' is not a word (as my spell check just pointed out to me). The correct term is: a lot. Kimberly also gently pointed out that an easier way to remember it is to realize that 'alittle' isn't a word - so why would we say 'alot'? (
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