Creth Davis taught me that "a lot" is two words. He taught me that many, many moons ago.
I wouldn't say that it drives me nuts when people say "alot" but I can't imagine how THAT many people haven't learned that. Also, they're/their and easy stuff like that. How is that confusing??
Not to say that we don't all make mistakes and accidentally type the wrong word, but SO MANY people genuinely have no idea what the difference is. It doesn't make me crazy, it just makes me feel like a genius!
On the flip side, I suck at capitalization, commas and dangling participles. I need to review my grammar rules. Does it drive people nuts that sometimes I don't bother to capitalize "I"? I could see that making people crazy. i apologize.
In conclusion, ya'll's need to learn to spell goodlier!! geez, America!
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**cringes** It's people like you who drive us linguists crazy!! (But you also keep us in jobs, so I guess it all works out. =) )
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