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Answer: All right vs. Alright

Oct 26, 2009 21:17

callistosh65 asks: When do you use "all right" versus "alright"?

With examples from Psych.

( The word's not alright )

!answer, errors:common errors, author:kay_brooke

Comments 10

theeverdream October 27 2009, 01:38:37 UTC

Thank you for this post - I love it when people are able to understand "proper" grammar but also that language evolves and to explain it effectively.

slartibartfast October 27 2009, 01:56:48 UTC

Same. A lot of people just list off the rules. This is refreshing. :)

starwatcher307 October 27 2009, 01:49:44 UTC

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I 'hear' the dialog in my head when I read. In speaking, I can hear a difference between 'alright' and 'all right', and most characters (not all) use the former.

So I solve the problem by using 'all right' in the narrative part of a story, and 'alright' in dialog, if it's in character. (Mr. Spock or Teyla would never say 'alright'.)
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erinm_4600 October 27 2009, 02:00:13 UTC

Thank you. Thank you, thank you THANK YOU.

skroberts October 27 2009, 03:05:11 UTC

Sweet!

callistosh65 October 27 2009, 12:14:08 UTC

Thank you! An editor for a zine convinced me of the merits of all right, and I've been using it ever since. But it is interesting to know for sure that 'alright' is *not* all right.*g* I've seen it so often in fics - in Pros especially, which is, of course, a British show.