Can not? Cannot? I like the following explaination I ran across:
Here's the explanation: If I can not do something, then I can also do it. I can not write these words if I choose (and you may think I shouldn't), but I also can, and am, writing them. What I cannot do is know who will read them, or what they will think. I can imagine such things, but I'm limited by my experience and perceptions. So this is the rule: if you either could or could not do something, then you use two words, because you can leave out the second word if you so choose. If you could not do something no matter how much you desired or tried, then you use one word, cannot. There is no other option.
Sometimes both are true. Witness:
I cannot change the world.
I can not change the world.
from: http://alexfiles.com/cannot.shtml
A lot
Alot? A lot? This is the official word from a university:
A lot means "a lot": "A lot of pancakes." Note that this is an informal expression.
Allot means "to divide" or "to give out": "They allotted six square feet per family."
Alot means nothing, and therefore is not to be used under any circumstances.
from: http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsAlot.html
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