A lot [uh lot]
Alot
Alot is a frequent misspelling of a lot.
As many middle school English teachers constantly remind their students, "A lot is a lot of words."
So make your old English teacher proud.
source: dictionary.com
Here's alittle more about "lots of and a lot of":
2 a lot of and lots of
These are rather informal. In a more formal style, we prefer a great deal of, a large number of, much or many. (Much and many are used mostly in questions and negative clauses.)
There is not much difference between a lot of and lots of: they are both used mainly before singular uncountable and plural nouns, and before pronouns. It is the subject, and not the form lot/lots, that makes a following verb singular or plural. So when a lot of is used before a plural subject, the verb is plural; when lots of is used before a singular subject, the verb is singular.
- A lot of time is needed to learn a language.
- Lots of patience is needed, too. (N OT Lots of patience are needed, too)
- A lot of my friends want to emigrate. (NOT A lot of my friends wants)
- Lots of us think it's time for an election.
source: Practical English Usage, Michael Swan, Oxford Publishing
Lots of + countable or uncountable noun
- lots of chickens
- lots of money / lots of information
A lot of + countable or uncountable noun
- a lot of chickens
- a lot of money / a lot of information
A lot of means a large amount of something (singular) or number of things (plural).
They are equivalent, i.e., a lot of = lots of
So we can use either expression
I have made thousand mistakes when writing in English but I have never struggled with "a lot". I have struggled thought, with its use and variations, for instance: LOTS OF vs A LOT OF
