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Okay, after skimming through a grammar pet peeve thread on another forum, I was surprised to see that grammar nazis really frown upon the use of 'alright', as opposed to all right. I've personally always used the former because I thought it 'looked' better, mostly because of stress related reasons, but I had never even heard of any controversy going on. Though apparently there seems to be one regardless, according to dictionary.com:
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09-19-2005, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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Not only have I never heard of this controversy...I have seen professors on college campuses use the spelling of "alright" in their lectures. I am amazed that this is a problem for some people.
After googling for more information, I came across these for your reading entertainment. http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/inde...?date=19990604 http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/alright.html
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09-19-2005, 08:11 PM | #3 |
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Hm. Leave it to the mistress of language to put so much thought into a post like this.
I used to use "All right" exclusively, but this is a battle I'm willing to compromise on, for my own twisted reasons. "Alright" and "All right" have two different feels to them, so I switch up when I need to. "Alright" is casual and sporty and can never fail. If it were an article of clothing, it would be a cute black cocktail dress and a pair of pumps. "Just a sec, I need to get my shoes on... Alright, let's go." "All right" is more dramatic. It's an evening gown with a split 3/4 up the side. It's a Mardi Gras costume. It's a pair of red spike heels. It's a head scarf and dark sunglasses. "Are you all right?" "Am I all right? Am I all RIGHT?! MY CAT FELL IN THE WOOD CHIPPER AND I JUST FELL DOWN FIVE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS! OF COURSE I'M NOT ALL RIGHT!"
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09-19-2005, 09:09 PM | #4 |
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In a world that is doing alright, things can be considered 'peachy':
alright adv. Nonstandard adj : nonstandard usage adv 1: used to reinforces an assertion; "it's expensive all right" [syn: all right, without doubt] 2: sentence-initial expression of agreement [syn: very well, fine, all right, OK] 3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right] Then again, if things would have held up down South, then they'd be all right: all right adj. In proper or satisfactory operational or working order: checked to see if the tires were all right. Acceptable; agreeable: Delaying the repair is all right by me. all-right (ôlrt) Informal. Satisfactory; good: an all-right fellow; an all-right movie. adv. In a satisfactory way; adequately: I held up all right under pressure. Very well; yes. Used as a reply to a question or to introduce a declaration: All right, I'll go. Without a doubt: It's cold, all right. "Awright" is the word to answer the greeting, "how are you"? 'Awright'. But, If I'm writing a report about some stupid subject, then things might be 'all right' if they hold under pressure. However, for the Americanism in me, it's just, alright!
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09-19-2005, 09:43 PM | #5 |
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Maybe we British are anal about these things, but I've always been taught - in school at least - that "alright" is incorrect, especially in English class, and examiners hate it. Apparently, they hate a lot of other things, like swearing, but that's besides the point.
Personally, I dislike the spelling of the word "alright". It just looks and *feels* wrong. Maybe it's just how I've been brought up [img]tongue.gif[/img] . Just my two "cents".
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09-19-2005, 10:57 PM | #6 |
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I use "all right". The other doesn't make sense to me.
I also despise the mis-spelling of "y'all" from wannabe southerners. It's a contraction for "You all", and the apostrophe goes where the letters used to be. When you write it "Ya'll", it becomes a contraction for "Ya will", and I'm prone to responding "Ya'll do what?" The plural of y'all is all y'all. It corresponds directly to "youse" and "youse guys".
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