But there is one grammatical mistake that I particularly enjoy encountering. It has become almost fun for me to come across people who take the phrase “a lot” and condense it down into one word, because when someone says “alot,” this is what I imagine:
The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.
For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine:
If someone says something like “I feel lonely alot” or “I’m angry alot,” I’m going to imagine them standing there with an emo haircut, sharing their feelings with an Alot.
Read the whole brilliant post on how alot’s can help you cope with people’s spelling errors on Hyperbole and a Half
From Cemetery on XKCD.com:
“Frankly, you deserve this.
You knew I wanted a sans-serif font, and you ignored me.
So really, this is your fault.”I’ve discovered the worst place to wander while on a hands-free headset [is a cemetary].
“If 40 Amish farmers can build a barn in 8 hours…
Then 1280 of them can do it in 15 minutes.”
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