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As a noun and adverb, a lot is frequently misspelled as alot.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of a lot1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Idioms and Phrases
Very many, a large number; also, very much. For example, A lot of people think the economy is declining, or Sad movies always made her cry a lot. It is sometimes put as a whole lot for greater emphasis, as in I learned a whole lot in his class. It may also emphasize a comparative indication of amount, as in We need a whole lot more pizza to feed everyone, or Mary had a lot less nerve than I expected. [Colloquial; early 1800s]
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Answer: If you have a lot of cards, closing a few is unlikely to significantly hurt your credit scores as long as you do so strategically.
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The government has already promised it will spend more - a lot more - on protecting the country in the face of all those threats.
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“It’s going to take a lot of work, but a lot of people are going to benefit from this.”
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Boudica had a lot in common with Cosmo, Freckles, Lucy, Ruby and Levi, all of whom either lost their homes or were forced to move out temporarily.
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It does a lot of quite surprising things in this era of disinformation and polarization.
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