Illiterate people! I was at a gas station today, their "pay at the pump" credit card reader was not working. The sign they taped to it said "not excepting credit cards, pay inside" :roll: Scary!
I get so frustrated with the Shell station at 42. Everytime I try to pay at the pump, someone YELLS at me through the speaker that I have to prepay..geesh even with a debit card you have to prepay which totally irks me...the whole point was to just pull up and go..I have not gone back since the last time they yelled at me like I was an idiot...
A lot is not one word. Although it may show up that way in the dictionary any day now, it doesn't yet. M-W online dictionary: Grandma :wink:
When I attended wake tech a couple of years ago, our professor would not let us use A LOT in our term paper. He said that A LOT was for parking cars and was not proper....
Well, it's not very precise, and probably not appropriate for formal writing, but I don't think there's anything wrong with using the phrase (2 words :wink: ) in every day speaking and informal writing.
I use it in my columns, as two words. It is a phrase, not a word, and I've never had anyone say anything to me about it.
Sure, I think it's fine in your columns, but I can understand why a professor would disapprove of its use in term papers.
I don't. I think the definition provides for the use of the terms put together. See dictionary.com for the word "lot"- But, we all know how picky those english types can be :wink: :wink:
OK, I agree with you, Jen, I was not thinking of all those uses of the phrase. I still think it's imprecise as a description of a quantity or amount, but for all those other purposes, I concede. :wink: :lol:
Aww, you didn't have to concede. Unlike some posters on this board, I don't copy and paste entire threads until someone admits defeat, lol. I was just trying to make sure I was correct as well.
I had professors in college who would red-ink "a lot" if you used it. Let me axe this.... Anyone else want to grab someone by the lapels and shake them for saying asterick instead of asterisk?
Let me axe you another one - how about eck cetera instead of et cetera? Another one that really grates on my nerves in "nu-cu-lar." :evil:
