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Originally Posted by KRosh
A lot
The correct spelling of ?a lot?, which is not ?alot?. ?A lot?, meaning ?many? or ?a large amount or number?, is an informal expression that should be written as two words.
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This has stuck in my head since school. I had a teacher that had a poster of the words "a lot" on a parking lot. The caption said, "'A lot' is two words; you should be able to drive a car between them."
I noticed my 10 year old write them as one word in a school assignment. I told him about the poster and caption, and he's written it correctly ever since.