Poll

[xfirefly9x]

It has been bugging me for some time which word to use: "all right" or "alright". And so here is a poll. :)

[Poll #1462991]

Comments

[nerca-beyul.livejournal.com]

I use alright, but technically speaking, "all right" is correct. Like the Associated Press (which is of course the final say-so in all things grammatical, of course) says that "alright" is never correct, only "all right." *shrug*

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've just had a look around online and that's about what I've come up with as well. Think I shall try to use "all right" in future. :) Though I suppose it doesn't matter which I use.

[rightxhere.livejournal.com]

I use alright, but apparently "all right" is correct. So thus I ticked that, HOWEVER I'm all for 'alright' being, you know, right :D

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

LOL indeed. :D Thanks for that.

[rightxhere.livejournal.com]

Lol :) Of course in fictional writing I go with 'all right' too, I thought I should mention that.

Non-fiction writing I'm all for being rebellious against what the 'man' says we should do in regards to grammar lol

Welcome :)

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Lol. I shall keep that all in mind. :P

*smirks*

:D

[willow-reece.livejournal.com]

I use alright -- it's mostly habit now, even though it is grammatically incorrect. =) But meh, I spend most of my energy in the grammar department trying not to mix up their, there, and they're. LOL!

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Hmm okay lol. :)

[sunny-serenity.livejournal.com]

Ai sai meesspall tings az ovton az pozibel.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Ta-wha-ba-who?

[rory-elizabeth.livejournal.com]

Both are correct, depending on which style guide you use, but "all right" just looks funny to me. It's not used very often, at least in what I read.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Mm yeah. I'm torn between themm really. "all right" seems to be thought as more correct from what I've seen but I always thought it was "alright". So. Hmm.

[mf_luder_xf]

I'm pretty sure it's how you use it. My mother the English teacher would probably say "all right" is the only correct form. But she still refuses to consider "ain't" a proper word and it is in the dictionary now.lol

I use "all right" when I mean to say things are all correct. Like, how something is organized, or test answers. I use "alright" typically when someone is speaking (dialouge) or to mean ok. As in, "I'm alright" vs "This is all right to me". Unless of course, I mean things are alright (as in, how are you doing? I'm alright.).

That make any sense?lol

[blue-frizzante.livejournal.com]

I always use alright, and it is now an ~accepted form~ in the english language haha. But still when writing formal things such as essays, you're supposed to use all right.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Lol indeed.

[esprit-de-glace.livejournal.com]

"Alright" is nonstandard and, therefore, often colloquial. It's gained some acceptance in writing largely because people use it so often (think "people that" versus "people who"), but it's not technically correct--when I'm working, for example, I correct to "all right".

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I shall keep that in mind. Thanks.

[crimson-riddler.livejournal.com]

I would say you should use alright as an adjective, and all right only as an affirmative in speech.