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Fellow pedants may like this ...

(24 Posts)
NannaAnna Wed 21-Mar-12 01:16:38

... and I do apologise, but I have to say it: I like it alot ;-)

hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html#

bagitha Wed 21-Mar-12 06:27:48

I like that blogalot! grin Thanks, anna.

JessM Wed 21-Mar-12 06:46:24

It is brilliant. Perfect therapy for pedants everywhere. Be kind to your blood pressure and read this instead of the Daily Telegraph.
I like it ALOT

Carol Wed 21-Mar-12 06:46:34

alot better than some I've seen! grin

Greatnan Wed 21-Mar-12 07:09:49

Wonderful - but now I have to read the rest of the blog!

Anagram Wed 21-Mar-12 10:41:48

Oh, I just love that, NanaAnna! Thank you for brightening my morning smile

jeni Wed 21-Mar-12 11:03:50

Great!

syberia Wed 21-Mar-12 12:20:11

Loved it! (Alot)

NannaAnna Wed 21-Mar-12 20:31:00

Glad you all enjoyed it grin
My eldest daughter posted it on Facebook as it's a blog she follows.

Anne58 Wed 21-Mar-12 22:06:31

OK, but it does contain the dreaded "like". Or is it only me?

Anagram Wed 21-Mar-12 22:10:59

Please elaborate, phoenix - which like don't you like? (If you see what I mean! smile

Anne58 Wed 21-Mar-12 22:28:01

Oh, ignore, I think I may have cocked up made a mistake, often do.

I do have a thing about "like" though.

Anagram Wed 21-Mar-12 22:36:15

grin It's probably very similar to the one I have about "nice"!

Sewsilver Wed 21-Mar-12 23:17:24

Thanks NanaAnna, cheered me up Alot.

Hunt Tue 10-Apr-12 15:15:44

Phoenix, do you mean 'like' when 'as if' should be used? One of my 'betes noir', along with 'I would of..' Instead of 'I would have ..' or even I would've..' Why do these things make us so cross, it's only words after all!

gracesmum Tue 10-Apr-12 21:21:33

It comes down to what makes sense. "I would of" simply doesn't . It's irrelevant whether it sounds nearly the same, lots of words do and are stuill wrong. One wonderful (I suppose malapropism) example I heard recently was that "I bear the grunt"....! smile

absentgrana Wed 11-Apr-12 01:48:48

I have always liked the descriptionof the beach with "muscles on the groin". That sounds the same too - and even makes sense in its own sweet way!

Greatnan Wed 11-Apr-12 07:35:49

I hate 'gonna' for 'going to' - not only used in pop songs now, but also in written messages (not on GN though!)
'Should of' is used because grammar (i.e. auxiliary verbs) is no longer taught.

Maniac Wed 11-Apr-12 09:23:57

Love it .Thank you NannaAnna.A good start to the day. I was feeling down.
this made me laugh so much.

Annobel Wed 11-Apr-12 09:33:00

absent grin

helmacd Thu 12-Apr-12 15:21:10

I wonder if the brilliant artist/blogger can now come up with a picture of a 'boardof'?
I'm very bored with hearing 'I'm bored of going clubbing', or 'I'm bored of beans on toast for lunch'................ etc
I very much fear that 'bored of' is replacing the more correct 'bored with'.

Butternut Thu 12-Apr-12 16:15:12

grin Alot.

maggiew Thu 12-Apr-12 18:24:24

No, I don`t like it either. When I was at school in the fifties and sixties, we were asked not to use words like: nice, get and - indeed - a lot, when writing essays. I suppose that life has become much less formal than it once was.

Anagram Thu 12-Apr-12 18:37:11

Yes, 'nice', especially, was rather despised at my school as a descriptive word. Our fierce English teacher used to say "Think beyond bland, girls!". Of course, her nickname became 'Beyond Bland'.