Is 'alright' an acceptable word? |
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Votes: 1116
Comments: 20
Added: August 2003
| Joan - 24th November 2003 23:12 |
| I would recommend using 'all right' in writing. |
| willbut - 28th December 2003 00:29 |
| The Cobuild dictionary recognises it. |
| rhapsomatrics - 7th February 2005 20:21 |
| The word,ideally speaking,is supposed to exist as an adverbial phrase(more than one word) which denotes emphasis.To this end,it should read "all right"...all of a particular thing has/have been parfectly put in place.It means,on the other hand,that ...all is right" |
| Jason - 15th March 2007 04:21 |
| Alright is a supposed compound word of all right. All right means all correct. The way we use alright is, its ok. It alright. However, such a word does not exist. |
| Dalriata - 21st April 2007 23:00 |
| "Alright" isn't a word. |
| Martin - 8th August 2007 14:24 |
| As Dalriata stated so directly, "Alright isn't a word." It may be someday, but it is not one yet. |
| ACE - 13th August 2007 02:05 |
| There's no way that I would ever use "alright" in writing. It's completely unprofessional and makes you look stupid. |
| Lucy - 16th August 2007 09:26 |
| I agree with Ace; you will never catch me using "alright" in my writings. It's sloppy and a bit lazy. I mean, honestly, how hard is it to put one more L and a space? |
| SimonTrew - 13th September 2007 16:08 |
| On the analogy of "altogether", "already", "almost" and so on, I see no problem with "alright". Though there is (or should be) a distinction between "all right" and "alright", just as there is (or should be) between "altogether" and "all together"-- and don't get me started on my "every day"/"everyday" hate. |
| Travis - 16th December 2007 15:00 |
| What do you mean "is alright an acceptable word"? This is so wrong. It should not be a word because you can't make two words one without an apostrophe, with the exceptions being all ready and already; but even these two words have different meanings. You can't have two words that mean the same thing, with different spellings! |
| Jim - 27th February 2008 22:32 |
| This is how I work it: Alright as in okay, or good,ex. "We are doing alright" But All right as in all not wrong. ex. My test answers were all right. So they both work. |
| Me - 28th May 2008 22:34 |
| How can we make, "ain't" a word but "alright" is not allowed. Why do we only cater the ignorant? |
| Michael - 1st June 2008 11:49 |
| alright is a perfectly acceptable word. It is the way our language has evolved and if some people can't deal with that they should just not use it. there's really no point being uppity about one of the most informally used words in our language. |
| CM - 19th July 2008 22:35 |
| Is alright a word? No. Is it used commonly it today's writing practices? Yes. Does that make it right? No. Do I use it? Unfortunately, yes. Will I continue to use it? I am still debating that, but I doubt it, not until it becomes a true word. Ain't is not a word. It is a slang term only. There is a huge difference. But then, anyways is acceptable, so what the heck? |
| Shubha - 10th October 2008 18:01 |
| Alright is a word according to the Webster's dictionary. |
| emmanuel - 9th January 2009 18:19 |
| all right - used as an adjective means "unhurt" or "satisfactory". If used as an adverb, it means ":well enough." All right should be written as two words. (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003) |
| English teacher - 23rd March 2009 18:18 |
| it's just like writing alwrong...we wouldn't write that, so why would anyone think alright is a word? |
| Matthew - 9th April 2009 01:41 |
| "it's just like writing alwrong...we wouldn't write that, so why would anyone think alright is a word? " Following that logic, "altogether," "almost," and "already" aren't words. Dictionaries define words, the populace creates them. If the populace decides that "alright" is a word, it's a word. To argue otherwise is to stifle the evolution of language. |
| Missyeunchae - 22nd July 2009 15:20 |
| In oxford dictionary, al·right / "O:l'raItŪ"Į:l£/ adverb another spelling of ALL RIGHT that some people consider to be incorrect But i would like to say that you should use 'all right' in writing. |
| Matt - 11th October 2009 02:55 |
| I agree with Jim on this. It's a matter of context. Examples that feel wrong (to me): A) What did you think of the movie? B) It was all right. A) How did you do on the quiz? B) I got it alright. In the first example, it seems more suitable, in my opinion, to use "alright", while the second example feels completely wrong. Using the logic that we would say "alwrong" doesn't work. We say "altogether", but don't say "alapart". We say "almost", but not "alsome", "allittle" or "alfew". And saying "already" isn't the same as saying "all ready": A) Mom got back from the store. B) All ready? A) We've packed our bags and are already to go. Both of those are wrong. The meanings are different, though they may be similar. Just as "alright" might not share the same contextual meanings as "all right". And why is it alright to use "ok", "o.k." and "okay", but it's not all right to use "alright"? The least correct version would be "okay", based on the origin of the word, but it's the version I use most of the time, personally considering "ok" to be lazy. :p |
