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Hi,
Old conservatives like me prefer 'all right' but it is becoming more and more common for people to use 'alright'. This has happened to (all ready) 'already' and (all ways) 'always'.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu May 22, 2008 19:50 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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Hi Alan,
Thanks for the interesting information about "all ready" => "already" and "all ways" => "always" :)
And I don't think you are conservative at all :) (when you accept the use of "and" at the beginning of a sentence) :)
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| #4 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 4:09 am "alright" vs "all right" |
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When my father was a child, he was taught to write "to-day" and "to-morrow", but those have now been merged into single words, "today" and "tomorrow". These changes happen over time.
The restriction against using "and" or "but" at the beginning of a sentence was mainly contrived for children, so that they would learn to write full sentences instead of fragments. Once we're adults, we can judiciously begin full sentences with those conjunctions, and good writers have done so for centuries. |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 15:38 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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Thanks for your idea, Jamie
And another question has arisen in my mind: Is the use of "and" or "but" at the beginning of a sentence acceptable in formal/academic writings?
Many thanks in advance
Nessie.
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| #6 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 15:40 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 15:44 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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If young, alright's alright, for many.
Often heard as "awright" in parts of Britain. |
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| #8 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:11 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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In fact, "alright" is recorded from 1893; and so is older than "Mom", "frankfurter", "semantic", and "psychoanalysis".
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| #9 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:14 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Indeed it may be, but my point was that, mostly, I only hear old/older people complaining about "alright". And it only pips "semantic" by one year. |
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| #10 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:19 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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What do the young/younger people complain about?
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| #11 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:23 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Mostly, prescriptivists and acne? |
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| #12 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:50 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Indeed it may be, but my point was that, mostly, I only hear old/older people complaining about "alright". And it only pips "semantic" by one year. |
But it's been the older people complaining about that generation after generation. |
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| #13 (permalink) Fri May 23, 2008 23:52 pm "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| But it's been the older people complaining about that generation after generation. |
Age, eh? |
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| #14 (permalink) Sat May 24, 2008 1:08 am "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| But it's been the older people complaining about that generation after generation. |
Age, eh? |
People prone to being priggish tend to find more reasons to be still more priggish the older they get. However, I know people in their 20s who've got 'em all beat. |
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| #15 (permalink) Sat May 24, 2008 1:17 am "alright" vs "all right" |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| People prone to being priggish tend to find more reasons to be still more priggish the older they get. However, I know people in their 20s who've got 'em all beat. |
Age before beauty, eh? :D |
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