129: Lot Apr 16, 2015

The word 'lot' can function as a pronoun, noun, adverb, and verb, but the adverbial usage of 'lot' does not act the same as the other three. Using 'lot' as an adverb needs to be either 'lots' or 'a lot', but can never simply 'lot'. The reason for this is simple; as an adverb, 'lot' is informal, whereas the other functions are used more formally.