http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

I'm going to try and use the alot monster.
I'm not normally too fussed about peoples grammar so long as it's easy enough to understand, but "alot" irks me.

he he he he

What is that blog someone posted here a while ago? It had these guys wandering around the country correcting the grammar and punctuation in signs at retail and grocery stores? I want to submit a picture to them. My local grocery recently underwent remodeling, and they actually have a sign that says "12 items or fewer" for the express lanes. I was so proud of them.

alot of beer cans is my favorite alot

I like that Alot, he's quite cute.

My favorite is either "I care about this alot" or "I hear that alot." Why does an alot say "MEOW"? I have no idea, but for some reason it's hilarious to me.

That's why, it's hilarious.

There was my sister's blog:
http://asgoodasyourword.blogspot.com/
Perhaps you're thinking of that?

Also, the alot is awesome.

dangit, I was gonna post your sister's blog.

"alot" actually bothers people? I do it that way on purpose, cause I like it better... I even modified the auto-correct on my phone for texting so it doesn't turn alot into a lot.

I've always been a fan of "often". That blog is quite humorous.

It's now official, Sarn must die.

Teehee, I know I'm not a native English speaker. And its pretty obvious I make a lot of mistakes, but those things really bother me. The blog entry was just

I wouldn't say it bothers me, but it's wrong.

Oh I'm fully aware that it's not grammatically correct. Just for some reason it's how I like to do it.

(On a similar note, I often type without using any capital letters for the same reason. In my mind, it creates a certain mood, and if that mood is complimentary to what I'm writing then I go with it.)

[here's an example of what I'm talking about. This is a blog entry I wrote a few years ago during a time in my life when I was pretty depressed. You can skip past this crap if you want, it's a bit long, kinda emo, and has nothing to do with the topic at hand... but I think it demonstrates my point pretty well.]
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so life is life and all that. just kinda been going through the motions lately. which is fine by me. i've gotten to the point where i don't much care for the moment. sometimes i worry that i'll hold this attitude and my life will pass me by, but for now i'm content to just sit back and let stuff happen.

working a lot of overtime lately (bout 50 hours a week) which is fine cause i've got nothing better to do, but it wears after a while. but i can sit at home in front of a computer and make nothing, or i can sit at work in front of a computer and get paid for it, so meh.

i know there are people out there who care about me and stuff. it'd be nice to get a reminder every now and then, and sometimes i do, just usually not from the people i want to hear it from. i need to meet someone new that cares. i've got friends, but i need more than that. not right now, necessarily, but i at least need the promise of it in the future.

someone told me recently that hope is like an anchor. the problem with anchors is that they're not always helpful if they're used in the wrong place. they provide stability, and they keep you from drifting, but the also keep you in one place and make it hard to move. for now i'm happy being in one place. i'll just sit back and float, and trust that the anchor will hold me in place. i just gotta be ready to pull up the anchor when it's time to move.

i think in the past i've tried to move without raising the anchor. it's not easy. sure, you might be able to get somewhere, but you'll spend more effort than it's worth, so that when you get there you're exhausted and you're not ready to do the job that you came to do.

so when it's time to move, you gotta raise the anchor. just make sure the wind's blowing the right direction.

anyway, i'm kinda rambling now, so i'll let it go. it's getting late and my bed is beckoning. time for a reckoning. thoughts are flickering, voices bickering in my mind. i'll respond in kind. get out, leave me be. there's nothing here to see. but the voices keep calling, and i'm stalling, crawling away, cause i've got nothing left to say. stop trying to play on my emotions and my notions of what the world should be. it's time for me to flee. i should be gone already, keep steady, hold resolve, don't let it dissolve, and my problems will be solved.

peace out.
(the shift key hasn't been my friend lately)

I seriously don't understand why minor grammatical mistakes (in which you can still clearly understand what the person is trying to say) bothers some people so much. Though, I have to say, it's great fun to intentionally make some of these mistakes when you know one of them will fly off the handle and make a complete ass of themselves on the internets.

I don't mind lack of capitals at the start of a line, but when it's directly after a fullstop it bugs me.
Also when you use a lower case i instead of capital (as in: i think instead of I think) that irks me too.

I actually find your posts kinda hard to read because my brain keeps protesting. I had to force myself to read it instead of just letting the information flow into my brain... if that makes any sense (and yes, after three ellipses I don't often use capitals, because I don't consider that an end of sentence).

So for me it doesn't create a mood, it destroys any kind of mood I could've got from because I'm too busy wrestling with my brain into accepting your grammar.

Not that I'm judging or anything of course, just saying that's how my brain works.

I get what you're saying. Thanks for the feedback. I can see where you're coming from. I guess I'm just not bothered by capitals.. (note though, that I do my best to use perfect punctuation. People that leave out punctuation annoy the hell out of me, cause then you do have to "decipher" what they're trying to say)

I read that entire blog post and there was not one "alot."

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Mmm Alotta Fagina

I can tolerate mistakes with grammar, but spelling mistakes - by which I do not mean typos - are unforgivable.

What is it's unconsious? What if it's just my primeative mind working it's way into my psychi?

Touché

i hate it when people mix up moot and mute.

also i hate it when people mix up suite and suit.

I don't think I've seen either of those mistakes...

I've never seen suite/suit, but I've seen "mute point" before and it makes me want to stab people.

there are two people on this forum who make the suit/suite mistake. i wont name them.

and yeah, McLongname, it makes me want to stab people, too.

Hahahahaha, mute point?
That's hilarious!

people actually screw up suit/suite and moot/mute... How is that even possible?

Homophones.

I thought you said homophobes. I was trying to understand the context...

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I like correcting people's grammar, because it pisses them off.

Like when someone says "Me and Bob" I always correct them, saying "Bob and I" and won't let them finish whatever they were saying until they say it correctly.

"Me and Bob" isn't always incorrect. Consider:

"Why don't you go with me and Bob?"

With removal of a subject can be reduced to,
"Why don't you go with me?
"Why don't you go with Bob?"

But,
"Why don't you go with Bob and I?"

Does not reduce to,
"Why don't you go with I?"

I don't get it.

You're saying it's not incorrect because when you make a DIFFERENT sentence, it's incorrect THEN and therefor, correct BEFORE?

Uh... "Why don't you go out with me" is correct, therefore "Why don't you go out with me and Bob" is correct.

actually "Bob and me" is correct if it's in the predicate (back half of the sentence).
ie. "Frank went to the store with Bob and me." <-correct
ie. "Bob and me took Frank to the store." <-INCORRECT

"Bob and I" is correct if it is the subject (front half of the sentence).
ie. "Bob and I took Frank to the store." <-correct
ie. "Frank went to the store with Bob and I." <-INCORRECT

"Me and Bob" or "I and Bob" is never correct, because you should always use the proper noun before the personal pronoun.
ie. "Frank went to the store with me and Bob." <-INCORRECT

Yes. Removing the second subject in this case, will indicate if the sentence still makes sense.