# This grammar article, I like it. I like it alot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185 "2010-04-15T08:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/1 "2010-04-15T08:19:59Z")
While perusing the blog Neatorama, I stumbled upon this humorous tribute to common grammar errors. Without further ado: [Alot is better than you at everything.](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/2 "2010-04-15T08:50:06Z")
Oh, and I know I’m horribly hijacking my own thread, but the rest of her blog is amazing too. My personal favorite: [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fish-almost-destroyed-my-childhood.html](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fish-almost-destroyed-my-childhood.html) ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/3 "2010-04-15T12:02:13Z")
I want a pet alot. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/4 "2010-04-15T14:18:59Z")
> [@autolycus](#): > > oh, and i know i’m horribly hijacking my own thread, but the rest of her blog is amazing too. My personal favorite: [Hyperbole and a Half: How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fish-almost-destroyed-my-childhood.html) brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/5 "2010-04-15T14:42:35Z")
> [@figure9](#): > > I want a pet alot. Will a pet alot fit in a bachelor apartment? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/6 "2010-04-15T14:47:02Z")
shes making fun of us eagles ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/7 "2010-04-15T14:50:00Z")
This blog is fabulous! _wipes tears of laughter, clicks farther back in the archives_ ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/8 "2010-04-15T15:26:46Z")
Typing with talons. Chortling with glee. This is a real great find! Thank **Autolycus**! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/9 "2010-04-15T16:26:18Z")
What will this day bring…hopefully not alot!!! A friend on FaceBook just posted this and I about died laughing! She doesn’t know what she’d be missing! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/10 "2010-04-15T17:03:42Z")
I see “alot” around here aton. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/11 "2010-04-15T17:20:19Z")
[This describes my relationship with sandwiches perfectly.](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-sandwich-makes-you-its-bitch-in-11.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/12 "2010-04-15T17:33:47Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Oh, and I know I’m horribly hijacking my own thread, but the rest of her blog is amazing too. My personal favorite: [Hyperbole and a Half: How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fish-almost-destroyed-my-childhood.html) The picture of “abruptly woken up by this” made me laugh so hard my eye almost hemorrhaged. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/13 "2010-04-15T19:48:38Z")
[This](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/pie-verus-cake-scientific-approach.html) explains why no one around here ever says, “When come back, bring cake.” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/14 "2010-04-15T20:44:14Z")
Love her drawings. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/15 "2010-04-15T21:18:00Z")
Alot of alots go to alot to draw alot to see what life will alot them. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/16 "2010-04-15T21:20:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Will a pet alot fit in a bachelor apartment? Yes, but only one will fit. So don’t get alot. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/17 "2010-04-15T21:25:54Z")
> [@figure9](#): > > Alot of alots go to alot to draw alot to see what life will alot them. Shirley Jackson wrote a story about it – it’s called _The Alottery_. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/18 "2010-04-16T20:31:51Z")
Well, thank you for making my day totally unproductive. And for making me choke on tea. Funny, a had similar logic as a kid: [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/year-easter-bunny-died.html](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/year-easter-bunny-died.html) ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/19 "2010-04-17T02:15:25Z")
The next time I see a grammatical error I’m going to sick alot on them. get 'em boy! ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grammar-article-i-like-it-i-like-it-alot/536185/20 "2010-04-17T04:26:27Z")
I LOLd A friend of mine just had a baby yesterday. Her message? “I just went 2 the hospital”. Really? “2” the hospital? This is how you announce the creation of a person? “2”? Now I feel a little bit better.