FROM JARED77
"Let's go kill a dragon."
"Alright, let's go."
or is it:
"All right" ?
"How do you feel about killing the dragon?"
"Alright, I guess." or "All right, I guess."
RESPONSE
The rule is that it's two words always, but "alright" is in all three of my dictionaries - they say it's non-standard usage for "all right". That said, the difference in how they look influences my use of them. I use "all right" in the sense of something being in good order, correct, or unharmed:
It's important those gears are positioned correctly. Are they all right?
That was quite a spill I took, but I'm all right.
I use "alright" as an affirmation, like saying "fine" or "OK":
"I need to leave work for the afternoon."
"Alright, but you're not getting paid."
Alright...is everybody ready to go?
This is just my own personal thinking, and I couldn't argue against using "all right" in all cases, except to say my eye doesn't like it as an affirmation, lol.