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The phrase a lot is used to express a large quantity or degree of something. It can be used to talk about both countable and uncountable nouns.

When you want to say that there is much of something or many of something, you can use a lot followed by of, like in a lot of books (countable noun) or a lot of water (uncountable noun).

You can use it at the end of the sentence to express that something is done often or frequently. An example is He travels a lot. It means He travels often.

This phrase can also mean very much. For example, I like your idea a lot. means I like your idea very much.

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Hey, Sophie. How's it going? I've heard you've been learning BLANK BLANK about programming languages.

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a

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This article is often used as part of the expression to emphasize quantity or degree.


lot

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This noun completes a common phrase used to indicate a large amount or many.

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