Is it all right to use alright?

We all know that the English language can be a labyrinth to navigate and since I have started editing for clients, I have noticed that people are making the same mistakes over and over. So, (time allowing) I am going to try each week to put up a brief post highlighting the most common problems that people encounter.  I hope this helps!

So, what’s the deal with all right and alright?

First of all the definition of all right is:

Of a satisfactory or acceptable quality (my dinner was all right)   OR In a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent ( I get on all right with Lenora)

All right should ALWAYS be written as TWO words, and if you want your work to be grammatically correct, then you should follow this simple rule.  End of.

However, life isn’t as easy as that, and somehow alright has crept into the collective consciousness and people are using it ever more frequently.   It even has an air of respectability about it…Think of alright as a conman dressed in a designer suit.  A conman is always a conman, and alright will never be all right…

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