alot is not a word

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It's not. Call me a pedant, but "alot" is not a word. "Allot" is. It doesn't mean "a lot".

"Then" vs "than" really gets to me, too. "I have alot more then you." *shudder*

If there is a mistake in spelling or grammar that really gets on your goat, post it here.

 

get over it, I have alot on my mind

 

hmm indeed, my english teacher always told that there had to be a space between a and lot

 

yep, I know, it is like "their" and "there", figgin irritating

 

I have pointed that out before, but it's good to see it again.

Here's another one rampant on these boards: "noone". What is a noone? Surely you mean nobody, or no one.

 

Okay so which is correct? Atleast or at least?

 

No one, and at least.

But I have a question that keeps bugging me...is it Let's or lets? what's the difference?

Ara
(Hmm... ficcies... goody)

 

Let's is a contraction of let us.
Lets are what happen in tennis when the ball clips the net after being served.

My pet gripe is the use of an apostrophe to show a plural; it's often seen in hand-written signs in shops, e.g. "Cabbage's 50p each"

 

OK, i'm one with less grammatical knowledge. School is so long ago. I've got problems with where and were. "Were" looks so false. I always try to avoid this words. One day i wrote "vine" several times. It must be "wine" i think. It might be because of my grandmothers crossword puzzles. We have to know several words in very different languages. Maybe i thought about "vinum". Hm, and i might be the one who wrote "noone", but i'm not sure because "nobody" sounds better.
I apologize for my bad grammar.

 

I concur, alot is not a word. It's either allot, aloft or a lot. Nothing else.

 

Lets all just wait and see what Shralp has to say.

Noone knows as much about grammer as that Shralp dude do. He's knows alot of stuff about importint thangs.

 

Oblate: "Where" refers to a place, such as "Where are you right now?".

"Were" is a little more tricky to explain (one of those funny constructs of the English language ). Its use is similar to words like 'was'. It is almost always used to refer to the past tense. For example, "Were you in New York at the time?". It often serves as the plural version of 'was'. An example that contrasts the two words: (singular) "I was in London" (plural) "We were in London".

Another one that I haven't seen above yet:

It's & Its ("It's" = contraction of "It is" and "Its" is the possessive)

 

this requires an entire topic?

the inappropriate use of inverted commas before an 's' is more common than sticking words together anyway.

 

The list is so long, how can I choose!?!

I often use 'alot' even though I know it is not the correct spelling. I wouldn't write it that way if I were writing an English paper.

I guess I like my spelling better. I mean, what is a LOT? It is a piece of land, or something one has a claim to. The two words 'a lot' don't describe what one word 'alot' does. And, we don't speak it that way either. I vote we change the spelling!

 

OK, pop quiz, hot shot. This question has been bugging me for a few days now and this seems a great place to ask it, for there are alot of people here with better knowledge of the English language. Which of the following sentences is correct: "You are smarter than me" or "You are smarter than I"

 

Both!!

 

They are both correct IIRC.

 

If I remember my English grammar correctly, neither of those two phrases is correct The proper sentence structure should be:

"You are smarter than I am." This is because a complete sentence requires that there be a verb for the pro-noun 'I'. Thus, the word 'am' becomes the verb that acts on 'I', just as the word 'are' is the verb acting on 'You' in the sentence.

 

Hmmm.... I will ask my teacher . But you are probably right afterall we aren't really used of speaking english here. If you do... well lets just say my grades would get a bit lower . The fact is that most of our teachers (with an exception of the english teacher) hate if we talk english. But that is just one more reason for us to hate them back .

 

Can't you just take that 'am' away. It can be done in Dutch, but I always say it wrong.