alot vs a lot vs allot
Definitions
adverb
- to a very great degree or extent
Examples
A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
A lot of the wrinklies, in fact, come along with holes in their shirts and jerseys.
Definitions
verb
- give out
- allow to have
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
Examples
‘In the absence of those assurances, we will have no choice but to ballot for industrial action,’ he said.
If you interview a lot of conservative Democrats, even in states like Texas, you know, New Mexico, they are very concerned that Hillary Clinton on the top of the ticket would really kind of depress voter turnout and ultimately affect a lot of down ballot races.
We would have make it earlier, but I procrastinated with completed and sealed ballots sitting on my desk for a couple of days -- no good excuse, but the reminders to spare the GOTC callers (and ourselves) reminder calls goosed me into action.
