[ SECRET POST #2097 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2097 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Good point; "all right" and "alright" are not always synonymous (though they can be, unlike the other pairs in that entry), so I was wrong when I said that the use of "alright" was inherently illogical.

On the other hand, the entry ultimately does advise people to write "all right" as two separate words, and I'm going to cling to that advice. (It specifies doing so in formal writing, but I personally think that writing intended for publication--including online publication in a fannish community--qualifies.) I may be less wrathful when others opt to do otherwise, however. (In fact, I hope I am. "Alright" is fingernails-on-a-chalkboard annoying to me, and I encounter it everywhere. It would be very nice if it bothered me less.)

[ariakas]

lol, it's "everywhere" because it's not only taught as correct in English classes across the globe (unlike led/lead, loose/lose, should've/should of, etc.) it's considered acceptable use by the world's foremost authority on the language. It's really, really not in any way comparable to the grammatical errors you listed.

OED recommends against using it in formal writing, though, not because it's incorrect, or even less correct, but because some people (illogically) "dislike" it. That's hardly a condemnation of the word. I'd personally advise against advising against the use of "alright" in fannish communities because they're not wrong - you are ;p