The Meaning of 'Lot!'

The word 'lot' has a lot of meanings (pun intended!)

Two of which are:

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lot:

•pronoun. a large number or amount; a great deal.

•n. a particular group or set of people or things.

Source: Google Search

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Some sentences utilize the first meaning of the word, while also subtly using the second one!

Consider the sentence:

"There's a few burglars in town, they are an awful lot."

Here 'awful lot' can mean that they are an awful group of people.

It can also mean that they are awful too much, 'awful lot!'

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