These terms right here, are 100% interchangeable. It doesn’t actually matter which is used. Now, your professor/client/general reader may look at you funny if you use ‘all right’ only because it’s outdated.
Here’s an interesting tidbit, according to the “word people” at Webster, the one-word spelling of alright came about 75 YEARS after the original two-word spelling.
Let’s break down each term, starting with the original:
‘All right’ is an adverb that is used to show a continuing conversation. This is also used as an interjection (fancy interruption in dialogue) in a sentence. “All right, we can ride one more time.”
Alright can be used as an adverb OR adjective. Actually, both the single and two word spelling can be used in many different ways.
Something mediocre, “the food was alright/all right, not too bad.”
Something agreeable, “whatever you choose is all right/alright.”
Something or someone’s well being, “The doctor just said they’ll be all right/alright.”
So whichever term you choose is in fact, all right….or alright.
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