Comments on Word-wise: Usage tip: a lot vs. "alot" vs. allot

Thanks for the comment, Ben! That's OK: You s...

2011-10-24T21:28:06.453-04:00

Thanks for the comment, Ben!

That's OK: You still get the gold star for catching the error!

Un-stinking-believable has my vote for most expressive infix. But my absolute LEAST favorite is a-whole-nother. It drives me nuts because people don't do it to be ironic or funny--it's just a plain old mistake. Rigoshdarndiculous!

I ALWAYS try and spell alot (not with two "l&...

2011-10-18T14:17:50.671-04:00

I ALWAYS try and spell alot (not with two "l"s, mind you). I wish it were an actual word. In fact, my brain thinks it is a word. However, the language troops over at Webster's disagree.

Favorite infixed word: re-gosh-darn-diculous!.

It's regoshdarndiculous that alot is not a word!