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Hey guys!

Today’s lesson is about the difference between all right and alright.

We use “all right” as an adjective after verbs such as be, feel, seem or look,

but not before a noun.

For example:

I’m all right.

That looks all right.

There’s also “alright” which is the other way of spelling “all right”.

But, can you use it?

The quick answer is no,

for two reasons.

The first is simply that

no established dictionary fully accepts alright as a correct spelling.

At worst, it is not listed or is flagged as wrong,

and at best, as in the Oxford English Dictionary, it is considered a “nonstandard variant.

So you can do as most writers do

and stick to “All right” which is by far the more common styling in published, edited text.

And that’s what your English teacher prefers.

You can only see alright in informal writings.

The second reason is that in some contexts, alright will not work,

and in all contexts, all right will never fail.

They both mean “OK,” “acceptable,” “well,” or “safe,”

but all right can have other meanings too.

Look at this sentence:

Chloe’s test answers were alright.

This conveys the sense that generally, Chloe’s test answers were “just acceptable.

But what if that is not what you meant to say?

Now look at this one, Chloe’s test answers were all right.

With all right written as two words,

the most likely meaning of this sentence is that

all of Chloe’s answers are correct,

but it could also mean that Chloe answered her questions adequately.

So all right does everything that alright does

but it has the added bonus of making your English teacher happy!

All right!

Hope this video answers your question.

I’ll see you in the next one.

Bye!