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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab

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To: AL RICE who wrote (926)3/9/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: AugustWest  Read Replies (1) of 4710
 
Now I am a lookin'......American Heritage:

alright: (adv.) A form of the phrase all right

It goes further to explain: the spelling of alright is not accepted in formal writing as taught in the schools. In the materials on which this Dictionary was based, it occurs only as an example to be avoided.

My Oxford is buried deep in boxes, anyone have it close by? I would bet that it isn't even there.
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