[!CrackMonkey!] Foul! Nonstandard usage!

Adrian van den Dries az at CANTANKER.NET
Sun Jun 30 00:10:03 PDT 2002


On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 11:13:12PM +0100, Sean Neakums wrote:
> I'll BCC him, alright... IN HELL!

$ dict alright
> 1 definition found
> 
> From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
> 
>   alright
>        adj : nonstandard usage
>        adv 1: reinforces an assertion, as in "It's expensive all right"
>               [syn: {all right}, {without doubt}]
>        2: sentence-initial expression of agreement [syn: {very well},
>           {fine}, {all right}, {OK}]
>        3: (informal) in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do
>           okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure";
>           (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn:
>           {okay}, {O.K.}, {all right}]

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