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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot #60913 04/01/2002 5:14 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I think this is the first time I have ever seen alot [shudder]. Where all right means all correct (Her answers were all right, not a single mistake) I would always (bar typos of course) spell it as two words. Where it implies a grudging acceptance ("Don't slouch." "Alright") I would use the one word variation. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted all right/alright--a lot/alot WhitmanO'Neill 03/12/2002 5:08 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Capital Kiwi 03/12/2002 5:49 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot wwh 03/12/2002 5:57 PM Re: alrightnik Keiva 03/12/2002 6:06 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot of troy 03/12/2002 6:03 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Jackie 03/12/2002 6:07 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Capital Kiwi 03/12/2002 6:18 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot AnnaStrophic 03/12/2002 6:21 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot boronia 03/12/2002 6:23 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Wordwind 03/12/2002 7:31 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot belMarduk 03/13/2002 2:17 AM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot NicholasW 03/13/2002 10:11 AM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Faldage 03/13/2002 11:06 AM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot NicholasW 03/13/2002 11:14 AM Re: eye-precedents AnnaStrophic 03/13/2002 1:52 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot modestgoddess 04/02/2002 3:43 AM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot WhitmanO'Neill 03/12/2002 6:36 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot boronia 03/12/2002 5:54 PM Re: all right/alright--a lot/alot Bingley 04/01/2002 5:14 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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