How to distinguuish all right and alright

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Is there anything different between all right and alright? When to use them? Are they make a difference when we use them uncorrectly?

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@IrisIdaa,

Alright is the incorrect, misspelled version of all right.

Please don't use alright.

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@IrisIdaa,

In formal writing, one has to use all right.
Alright is still in use in informal occasions.
Logically speaking, both are the same thing.

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"Alright" is (still, in British English) used as an interjection à la "OK", whilst "all right" is used in the sense of "unharmed, healthy".

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@Walter Hinteler,

Walter Hinteler wrote:

"Alright" is (still, in British English) used as an interjection à la "OK", whilst "all right" is used in the sense of "unharmed, healthy".

An example was this minute published in the Guardian:

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Philip Green will be alright, but his workers may not.

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Sorry, Walter, I believe you are mistaken. Similar ‘merged’ words such as altogether and already have been accepted in standard English for a very long time, so there is no logical reason to object to the one-word form alright. Nevertheless, many people dislike it and regard it as incorrect, so it’s best to avoid using alright in formal writing. Write it as two separate words instead: all right.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

This might be another instance of geographic differences re english grammar.
I, an american, was taught, as Jespah undoubtedly was, that alright was completely incorrect. I'm a quarter century older than her but she knows a lot about current american english grammar, and our views on this coincide.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Well, I've learnt it more than 50 years ago, used it since that time (even in papers at university). And saw it today in the Guardian.

But I can live with both versions. Or just one. The amin thing is, "The Kids Are Alright" Wink

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@Walter Hinteler,

Cambridge Dictionaries say "alright" is an acceptable alternative to "all right" but Oxford Dictionaries say it is best avoided in formal writing.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

No problem. But since I've been to Cambridge more often than to Oxford ... Wink

And I didn't only have the record ...

... but saw them live in the Pavilion in Bournemouth in 1965 (not sure, if they actually played it, though)

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@jespah,

Thank you so much.

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@oristarA,

Thanks.

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@Walter Hinteler,

Thank you so much.

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@Walter Hinteler,

Thank you, I know now.

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