{"id":143,"date":"2014-04-30T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T02:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2017-03-04T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:20:02","slug":"the-difference-between-all-right-and-alright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/journal\/notes\/the-difference-between-all-right-and-alright\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between all right and alright"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\n  <strong>TLDR:<\/strong> <em>Alright<\/em> is a misspelling that is creeping into dictionaries as an accepted alternate spelling.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;What?!&#8217; you might cry in exasperation. <em>Alright<\/em> isn\u2019t a word! They taught me that in primary school!<\/p>\n<p>Calm down, I agree with you. However, it is a matter of contention in the English language right now as to whether <em>alright<\/em> should be considered a word in its own right or as an accepted alternate spelling for <em>all right<\/em>. I am saddened to say that some dictionaries have already made this step in Australia. But then again, where would the English language be without evolution?<\/p>\n<p>all right (adjective)\u2014an adequate state<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>\u2018Are you all right to keep going?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>\u2018Is the soup all right?\u2019<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>all right (adverb)\u2014in a satisfactory way; or used to emphasise certainty<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>\u2018I can manage the weight all right, thanks.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>\u2018Phew, it\u2019s hot out here all right!\u2019<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>all right (exclamation)\u2014expressing acceptance<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>\u2018All right, all right! I\u2019ll marry you!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>\u2018Fine! I admit it! I was hiding behind the crates like a big coward, all right?\u2018<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I personally have always used and always will use <em>all right<\/em>, unless forced to use <em>alright<\/em> as part of a style guide.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember, while <em>alright<\/em> might be acceptable in some circles, <em>all right<\/em> is already an accepted and correct phrase worldwide. So to avoid any contention, why not simply use <em>all right<\/em> and always be right! All right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, what? Alright is a word?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}