All right and Alright
Are all right
and alright interchangeable? All right has a range of meanings including
“safe,” as in Are you all right? or “reliable; good,” as in That fellow is all
right. As an adverb, it means “satisfactorily” as in His work is coming along
all right, or “yes,” as in All right, I’ll go with you.
The form alright
is a one-word spelling of the phrase all right. Alright is commonly used in
written dialogue and informal writing, but all right is the only acceptable
form in edited writing. Basically, it is not all right to use alright in place
of all right in standard English.
The popular song
“The Kids Are Alright” by The Who is evidence of popular acceptance of the
informal alright. However, the creators of the 2010 film The Kids Are All Right
couldn’t bring themselves to use the informal variant even if the title was a
clear nod to The Who.
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