[!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}]
a.
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