Is 'alright' an acceptable word? |
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Comments: 14 |
Added: August 2003 |
Comments:
| Joan - 24th November 2003 23:12
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| I would recommend using 'all right' in writing.
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| willbut - 28th December 2003 00:29
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| The Cobuild dictionary recognises it.
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| rhapsomatrics - 7th February 2005 20:21
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| 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"
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| Jason - 15th March 2007 04:21
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| 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.
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| Dalriata - 21st April 2007 23:00
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| "Alright" isn't a word.
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| Martin - 8th August 2007 14:24
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| As Dalriata stated so directly, "Alright isn't a word." It may be someday, but it is not one yet.
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| ACE - 13th August 2007 02:05
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| There's no way that I would ever use "alright" in writing. It's completely unprofessional and makes you look stupid.
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| Lucy - 16th August 2007 09:26
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| 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?
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| SimonTrew - 13th September 2007 16:08
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| 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.
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| Travis - 16th December 2007 15:00
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| 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!
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| Jim - 27th February 2008 22:32
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| 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.
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| Me - 28th May 2008 22:34
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| How can we make, "ain't" a word but "alright" is not allowed. Why do we only cater the ignorant?
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| Michael - 1st June 2008 11:49
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| 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.
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| CM - 19th July 2008 22:35
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| 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?
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