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I wish you had phrased this claim 'It's alright to use the word "alright"'. Or maybe 'It's all right to use the word "alright"'. Or perhaps . . . 'It's alright to write "all right"; "alright" is all right too.'
No, after careful consideration, your claim is probably better.
I don't like "alright", but it weaseled its way into Webster's, and as I've just gotten off the phone with Verizon customer service, and have lost my fighting spirit.
My 12th grade English teacher, Ms. Patek, would kill me if I agreed.
So naturally, that's what I'm doing.
Not if you're a doctor telling a family that a loved one has lost his left hand.
Zing!