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Re: Misinformation
Websters says:
Main Entry: al·right
Pronunciation: (")ol-'rIt,
'ol-"
Function: adverb or adjective
Date: 1887
: ALL RIGHTusage
The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had
reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some
critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users.
It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in
journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional
dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing <the first two years of
medical school were alright -- Gertrude Stein>.