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"Alot" doesn't exist, it's always "a lot". Above meme depicts an imaginary animal, the alot, in order to make the difference clearer.
I get that, but I didn't use a lot or alot in my comment. Did you reply to the wrong person?
I did! Sorry!
To the people who treat that as a hard and fast rule, I wonder what opinion they hold of the word "another."
What wrong with another
Nothing, that's my point. It's a fusion of the words "an other" which is a phrase used in English so frequently that it became its own word, "another."
People are fine with that but they treat "alot" like it's a problem.
Ahhhh
I guess they would think that an other and another have different meanings, like car pet and carpet
What does "an other" mean that "another" doesn't?
Give me another apple. (Another: one more of the same)
We regret to inform you that we chose an other candidate. (An other: a different one)
But the form "an other" is extremely rare, most likely because it is confusing in spoken language.
I don't think I've seen that usage, "...an other candidate." They'd either just use "another" or there would be a verbal ellipsis, like "We chose an...other candidate." Or they'd just say "a different candidate."