That has to do with the definition of what a word even is (an open problem!). “Alot” is clearly made up of two separate units, but so is “anyway”. I think a lot of people don’t like this one because it’s simply unnecessary. You need “anyway” to show that the two words are not stressed separately, but treated as one unit, whereas with “a lot” this is already obvious (“a” is almost never stressed).
Also has to do with English spelling just being bad, generally.
And still I maintain that “alot” is not a word.
My favorite reference to “alot”
Mine, too! I hope Allie is doing well these days.
She made a reddit comment a couple months ago
https://old.reddit.com/user/OtherTubemonster/
God i love alot
Frankly this wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for “another”
Which some who use “alot” consider as two words.
That has to do with the definition of what a word even is (an open problem!). “Alot” is clearly made up of two separate units, but so is “anyway”. I think a lot of people don’t like this one because it’s simply unnecessary. You need “anyway” to show that the two words are not stressed separately, but treated as one unit, whereas with “a lot” this is already obvious (“a” is almost never stressed).
Also has to do with English spelling just being bad, generally.