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What about it? What is your reason for posting this?
- What about it?
- What is your reason for posting this?
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The baby sleeps a lot.
The baby sleeps 20 hours every day. (20 hours out of 24 hours is a lot)
The baby sleeps 20 hours every day. (20 hours out of 24 hours is a lot)
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"A lot" means a great deal, an excessive amount, an extreme degree. The author is commenting on how much time the baby tends to sleep.
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AnonymousIS IT THE SAME USAGE AS TOO MUCH?PLEASE DO NOT CAPITALIZE EVERY LETTER LIKE THIS.
It means you are SHOUTING at us.
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No. "a lot" does not mean "too much".
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"Too much" is an undesirable quantity. "A lot" or "not a lot" are degrees on a range of quantity but and are also interpretive, semantically.
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I ate a lot that night, in hindsight it was far too much to consume in one sitting.
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