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Prescriptive vs. Descriptive English Usage in the STEEL CAGE
« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2005, 01:22:16 pm »
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Once I pointed out to someone that she had spelled 'a lot' incorrectly in a note she was leaving for a friend and she responded with "it's not even a real word."


There is nothing wrong with "a lot".  No, it is not "a real word", it is two real words.


I meant that she spelled it "alot."


i hardly ever spell it, myself.
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Prescriptive vs. Descriptive English Usage in the STEEL CAGE
« Reply #31 on: November 02, 2005, 02:32:44 am »
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I compulsively correct people when they misuse the word "literally".


Good article on this topic.
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