"Alot"

I have been informed that I use the word "alot" a lot. This deed, apparently, has been irritating one of my readers to no end. For this, I apologize and vow that I will try to keep my grammar in check.

Side note: In my defense, I am usually a grammar stickler in real life. I am an avenger of the Their/There/They're casualties. I try to undangle my participles as much as it is possible to do without sounding like I am from a Charles Dickens novel. And I try not to start sentences with the word "and."