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My god. This will probably considered a low value comment on here but the phrase is "a lot".




Relevant: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better...


Crazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes.


It's almost as if English is not everyone's first language.


You 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!


More than our allotment.


Because it's not required for the level of discourse expected.


>Crazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes.

Yuo messed an oportunity to misspell yur comet.


Your right in principal, bad grammar effects us all, theirs allot we can do too keep content here peek quality.


Ahh, you reminded me of a classic standup sketch on youtube, titled: "The Impotence of Proofreading" IIRC


write* due* hear*


Fwiw, while we're being pedantic, do and due are only homophones in some English dialects


It never occurred to me that they were homophones in any English dialects!


* affect :(


The GP made those mistakes on purpose. The parent was adding some more.


On 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.


Allot is a perfectly cromulent word.




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