Monday, November 17, 2008
This arrived today - and I wasn't even aware that it had been published yet. A great start to the week.
This one caught my eye - as it would any pedantic English teacher:
I used to write "alot" until I learned
It was properly "a lot", do we care if it's
A lot or alot? I always thought a lot
Meant a lot & alot alot, apparently my mistake
I send you a lot of love, a lot of love!
I allot to you my allotment of love totally
My pet theory (sorry) used to be dog food. However, I don't think they sell it over here in Belgium and still I see A LOT of ALOTs in essays.
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