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by Jim Evans
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Friday, 07 October 2005 |
SMART TALK
By Dr. Winton “Windy” Prolix
ALRIGHT: Writers have used alright in place of all right since the 14th Century. Ain’t has a long history, too, and the same lack of class. Maybe alright is riding the coattails of already and altogether, which actually have a reason to exist. There’s a difference between being all ready and having already arrived, and between being all together and altogether too early. But there’s no such distinction in modern English between all right and alright. All right?
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