Hello, Vladimir, this combination has not yet been codified in major pronunciation dictionaries, perhaps due to the narrowness of its use outside technical areas; therefore, we should resort to analogy. Thus, acronyms of a similar type

I never use alright. I used to consider it incorrect for a long time. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary more or less agrees with me: — Usage. The form ALRIGHT as a one-word spelling of the phrase ALL RIGHT in all of its senses

With tongue firmly in cheek, here are some rules to keep in mind when using the Queen's English: 1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with a

Brunate wrote: Firstly all right is two words. You can write: already, almost, also etc, but all right is two words. Usage note The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by

Thanks, Magda, you've done a job that I should have done. Yoong Liat, I hope you're satisfied now. On the question of spelling 40 as fourty , this is an improbable analogy as we are talking about a word used regularly. I can't remember ever myself

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. expatriate (adj., n., v.), expatriot (n.) Expatriate is the Standard spelling of the noun meaning "someone either excluded from or self-exiled from the native land,"

^) in some language indicated that a letter had been dropped from an earlier version of the word. The assertion was ... "Woll" no longer exists in English except vestigially in "won't". (I suppose it could have other

Good question, but it would have been better if you ... to cause the accident or that contributed to the cause. Well my common-sense definition of responsible doesn't make someone accountable for my actions just because I'm on their

I don't believe here you be able to sue a ... I'm not really sure what you even mean by 'responsible'. Good question, but it would have been better if you had provided your own definition of "responsible" so we could ...

Sometimes I read this, not in books, but in newsgroups, ... actually? Is it slang, hip language or just a typo? It's vernacular usage. Wrong, but quite common, and in casual speech, unremarked apon. "I could of made it." "I