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Talk:Alot Like Now (Patrick O'Shea)

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Is "Alot" one word in US English? It's two in the UK.

--DaveF 20:08, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Reply by: Chuck _talk Giffen _♫ 20:46, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

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From Wikitionary: alot:

When it appears intentionally in print, it is generally either representing the original spelling in a work quoted...
2004, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage also compares alot to 'awhile'. ... and notes 50 appearances in the British National Corpus...

Chuck, you're not being a bit selective in your quotation there, are you? The Wiktionary article begins: Adverb: alot Common misspelling of a lot.

But I also see that's how it's spelt and set in the score. Oh well. Britten always used to spell it like that, so it has a solid musical pedigree, at least.

--DaveF 22:47, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Reply by: Chuck _talk Giffen _♫ 14:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)	Help
Hi Dave. Only selective in the fact that alot is the spelling appearing both in the score title and text underlay - and presumably in the lyricist's text. I never meant to deny that it is either a misspelling or substandard variant.