Someone Gets It! All Right!

rogersgeorge on April 14th, 2019

I’ve been seeing “alright” used so often lately, that I figured I had too many examples to choose from if I pointed out this mistake. Besides, I wrote about it at least once before. It’s two words, folks, “all right.” I’ve been discouraged about seeing this solecism so often, so having found someone who got it right, I have to celebrate:

https://www.gocomics.com/amanda-the-great/2019/02/01

If you want one word, maybe spell it “arright.”

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