The Alright All Right Dilemma
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hells_half_acreI have a problem with the words "all right" or the word "alright" depending on the day.
My problem is that it causes one of those...conflict thingies in my head.
1. I believe in the evolution of language. I believe that "alright" should be a word and that is how it should be spelled. I think it reflects how people SAY "all right" - as one word, not two.
2. I really really hate it when I spell things wrong or have gross grammatical errors.
So, I never know when I'm writing whether I should write "alright" even though I know that it's blatantly wrong, because I want to encourage it to be officially accepted as the standard spelling - or if I should be writing "all right" because that is the proper thing to do, and I have a Masters, damn it!
The only way I have solved this so far is to avoid the words "all right/alright" like the plague and use "okay" instead or some other word. Of course, for those who read my Demented'verse, you'll probably have noticed that I use "alright" all the time in it - a fact that actually makes my fingers itch when I read it. That being said, when I read "all right" in other people's fics, I don't like it, I want them to use "alright."
Anyway, I don't know what to do about this problem....and somehow I doubt this keeps other people up at night.
My problem is that it causes one of those...conflict thingies in my head.
1. I believe in the evolution of language. I believe that "alright" should be a word and that is how it should be spelled. I think it reflects how people SAY "all right" - as one word, not two.
2. I really really hate it when I spell things wrong or have gross grammatical errors.
So, I never know when I'm writing whether I should write "alright" even though I know that it's blatantly wrong, because I want to encourage it to be officially accepted as the standard spelling - or if I should be writing "all right" because that is the proper thing to do, and I have a Masters, damn it!
The only way I have solved this so far is to avoid the words "all right/alright" like the plague and use "okay" instead or some other word. Of course, for those who read my Demented'verse, you'll probably have noticed that I use "alright" all the time in it - a fact that actually makes my fingers itch when I read it. That being said, when I read "all right" in other people's fics, I don't like it, I want them to use "alright."
Anyway, I don't know what to do about this problem....and somehow I doubt this keeps other people up at night.
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Date: 2012-09-08 01:50 pm (UTC)I set my settings to Canadian English all the time it just seems to dislike me and revert. Canadian English is weird though many people are confused as to what is the correct form of a word seeing as we're using British English (well part of it) and bordering USA a but of crossover is bound to happen.
Well it was fun discussing grammar with you so I shall proceed to add you as a friend (there's really almost no point in adding me back because I only use this account to comment).
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Date: 2012-09-08 07:07 pm (UTC)Yay! Friend! I don't often discuss grammar, but hopefully you don't regret the decision. ;) I also very rarely flock posts, so, I think we're good to go.