{"id":1568,"date":"2010-04-23T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T22:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2013-08-02T17:32:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T21:32:01","slug":"youll-like-this-grammar-lesson-alot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/23\/youll-like-this-grammar-lesson-alot\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ll Like This Grammar Lesson Alot :)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I really mean &#8220;alot&#8221; and not &#8220;a lot.&#8221; As the website <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"noborder\" href=\"http:\/\/hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html\">Hyperbole and a Half<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people&#8217;s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I&#8217;d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you have students making the dreaded alot spelling error, this imaginary creature is bound to be a memorable solution. Besides, who wouldn&#8217;t love this cute creature alot!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"noborder\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_D_Z-D2tzi14\/S8TRIo4br3I\/AAAAAAAACv4\/Zh7_GcMlRKo\/s400\/ALOT.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_D_Z-D2tzi14\/S8TRIo4br3I\/AAAAAAAACv4\/Zh7_GcMlRKo\/s400\/ALOT.png?w=630\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n[Found via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/craniac\" target=\"_blank\">@craniac<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I really mean &#8220;alot&#8221; and not &#8220;a lot.&#8221; As the website Hyperbole and a Half explains: The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people&#8217;s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-activity","tag-grammar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-pi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17100,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/17100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}