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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

I Did Not Allot a Lot of Time for This Post

So let me get straight to the point. There seems to be a great deal of confusion over this little issue. Allot is a verb. It means to parcel out, to assign, to apportion. Example: That doctor allots only five minutes to each patient. A lot is two words. It is a noun phrase and means myriad, bunches,... Sign in to see full entry.

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