Grammar for Geeks: alot

This one is simple... There is no such word as "alot". It's actually two words, "a" and "lot". There is a homonym which makes this a bit confusing: "allot" means to distribute. E.g., Each process is allotted one quantum before it must yield to another process.

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Last updated: Sun Sep 26 21:18:31 PDT 2004