2021-04-19 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – All right & alright
2021-04-19
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ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – All right & alright
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง right = ‘RAHYT’
ออกเสียง alright = ‘awl-RAHYT’
Dictionary.com
USAGE NOTE FOR RIGHT
Right in the sense of “very, extremely”
is either archaic or dialectal.
It is most common in informal speech and writing:
It's right cold this morning.
The editor knew right well where the story had originated.
Dictionary.com
Why Do “Left” And “Right” Mean Liberal And Conservative?
In election years,
the words left and right more often bring to mind
the political spectrum than they do directions in space.
But, how did
liberal politicsbecome associated with the word left, anyways?
And why are conservatives labelled as right?
You know how we always warn you
to be skeptical of origin stories that sound too good to be true?
Well, the history of left and right in politics
turns out to be a fascinating exception.
What does left mean?
In politics,
left refers to peopleand groups that have liberal views.
That generally means they support progressive reforms,
especially thoseseeking greater social and economic equality.
The far left is often used for what
is considered more extreme, revolutionary views,
such as communism and socialism.
Collectively,
people and groups, as well as the positions they hold,
are referred to as the Left or the left wing.
What does right mean?
The word right, in contrast,
refers to people or groups that have conservative views.
That generally means
they are disposed to preserving existing conditions and institutions.
Or, they want to restore traditional ones and limit change.
The far right is often used for more extreme, nationalistic viewpoints,
including fascism and some oppressive ideologies.
People and groups,as well as their positions,
are collectively referred to as the Right or the right wing.
The origin of left and right in politics
The origin of the political left and right
do actually have to with the physical directions, left and right.
Time for a history lesson.
Left and right originally referred seating positions
in the 1789 French National Assembly,
the parliament France formed after the French Revolution.
Relative to the viewpoint of the speaker(chair) of this assembly,
to the right were seated nobility
and more high-ranking religiousleaders.
To the left were seated commoners and less powerful clergy.
The right-hand side(called le côté droit in French)
became associated with more reactionary views (more pro-aristocracy)
and the left-hand side (le côté gauche)
with more radical views(more pro-middle class).
Left and right,as political adjectives, are recorded in English in the 1790s
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
alright
= nonstandardfor all right;
= often used in informal writing:
I’m alright, thank you.
Not to be confused with:
all right = satisfactory; safe and sound:
I’m feeling all right now.;
= expressing consentor assent:
It is all right to leave the table.
all-right = acceptable:
He’s an all-right kind of guy.
Collins English Usage
Usage:
The form alright, though very common,
is still considered by many people to be wrong
or less acceptable than all right
Dictionary.com
USAGE NOTE FOR ALRIGHT
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right
in all of its senses probably
arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether.
Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue
and in other types of informal writing,
all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
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“Alright” vs. “All Right”
Are all right and alright interchangeable?
All right has a range of meanings
including:
- “safe,” as in Are you all right?
- “reliable; good,” as in That fellow is all right.
- as an adverb, it means “satisfactorily,”
as in His work is coming along all right.
- “yes,” as in All right, I’ll go with you.
Is alright a real word?
The form alright is a one-word spelling of the phrase all right
that made its first appearance in the 1880s.
Alright is commonly used in written dialogue and informal writing,
but all right is the only acceptableform in edited writing.
Basically, it is not all right to use alright instandard English.
And there is at least one instancein which
alright would be all wrong and would alter the meaning of a sentence:
- Theo’s answers on the history quiz were all right.
Theo’s answers were all correct.
The alternate spelling of alright
(Theo’s answers on the history quiz were alright)
would give the impression that
Theo’s answers were good, but could have been better.
So, why is alright in use at all?
Its informal useis pretty widespread.
The popular song “The Kids Are Alright” by The Who
is evidence of popular acceptance of the informal alright.
However, the creators of the 2010 film
The Kids Are All Right couldn’t bring themselves to use
the informal varianteven if the title was a clear nod to The Who.
It is possible alright will find acceptance one day.
Already and altogether areboth examples
of words that originated as twoseparate terms.
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary
All right& alright
Traditional usage
would consider ALL RIGHT to be correct
and ALRIGHT to be incorrect.
However, the use of ‘alright’ is so widespread
that some would see it as acceptable
although the majority of educated userswould take care to avoid it.
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
Alright & all right
Alright is a common misspelling of all right,
an expression with numerous meaning:
“satisfactory,” “correct,” “very well,” “yes,” “safe,” “acceptable.”
There is no such word as alright.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for right
Adjective
CORRECT, ACCURATE, EXACT, PRECISE, NICE, RIGHT
mean conformingto fact, standard, or truth.
CORRECT usually implies freedom from fault or error.
correct answers socially correct dress
ACCURATE implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care.
an accurate description
EXACT stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth.
exact measurements
PRECISE adds to EXACT an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation.
precise calibration
NICE stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination.
makes nice distinctions
RIGHT is close to CORRECT but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to factor truth rather than mere absence of error or fault.
the right thing to do
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
rightvs. rite vs. write
Right functions as an adjective, adverb, noun, and verb.
Some common adjective uses are
"morally or socially correct or acceptable,"
as in"the right thing to do,"
and "accurate or correct,"
as in"the right answer."
Adverbial usesinclude the directional "toward the right,"
as in "turnright," and "correctly,"
as in "you guessedright."
Among meanings of the noun
right are "behavior that is morally good or correct,"
as in "knowingright from wrong,"
and "something that a person is or should be mrally
or legally allowed to have, get,or do,"
as in "humanrights."
As a verb,
right often means "to correct something wrong or unjust,"
as in "trying toright a wrong."
Rite is a noun that refers to an act
that is part of a usually religious ceremony,
as in "funeralrites."
Write is a verb with various meaning
including"to form letters or numbers
on a surfacewith a pen, pencil, etc.,"
as in "learningto write the alphabet,"
and "to create a book, poem, story, etc.,"
as in "writinga book about parrots."
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
If 'Left'Is Evil, What About 'Right'?
The historical association of
sinister with evil or backwardness
is balanced linguisticallyby the fact that
dexter,the Latin word meaning “on the right side,”
comes with a largely positive connotation
that survives throughout its linguistic descendants.
To be dexterous,for example,
is to begoodwith the hands (like a surgeon)
or a clever thinker,
while one who is ambidextrous
uses one’s left and right hand equally well.
The Frenchword for “right or straight,” droit,
gives us our word adroit, with a meaning similar to dexterous.
The parallelis carried on by other words.
The French word for “left,” gauche,
is used in English to mean “lacking social grace”
(“it’s considered gauche to arrive without a gift for the host”);
a synonymof gauche, also from French, Is maladroit
(“a maladroit attempt to express his condolences”),
which again utilizes the Frenchword droit.
And of course, our word right
is used to mean “correct," “true,” or "ethically sound"
(“a right answer"; "didn't have the right address"; “the right thing to do”).
A popular maximfound on refrigerator magnets
says that
if the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body,
then only left-handedpeople are in their right minds.
In spite of that observation,
the linguistic bias against the left side, and left-handedness in particular,
is entrenchedin English and many other languages,
and likely will never go away.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
all right or alright?: Usage Guide
Although the spelling alright is nearly as old as all right,
some critics have insisted alright is all wrong.
Nevertheless, it has its defenders
and its users, who perhaps have been influenced by analogy
with altogether and already.
It is lessfrequent than all right but remains common
especially in informal writing.
It is quite common in fictional dialogue
and is sometimes found in more formal writing.
the first two years of medical school were alright — Gertrude Stein
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
All right or alright?
Which is correct, and when?
All right, everyone: listen up.
If you were listening when your English teacher said that,
you probably learned that
all right is the only way to write the word
that is also sometimes spelled alright.
Pete Townshend preferred the tighter version
when he wrote the lyrics to The Who's famous song,
James Joyce thought alright was better
(in one instance out of 38) for Ulysses too.
Pete and James weren't trying to impress your English teacher, obviously.
If you are,you'll do as most writers do
and stickto all right.
It is by far the more common styling in published, edited text.
But alright does have its defenders,
and instances of alright abound in informal writing.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
And what's not to like, really?
It's an efficient little version, and it looks right at home
with a bunch of other common words
—already, although, altogether, almost, always.
What's up with the lack of English-teacher lovefor alright?
It's all about history:
English spelling was fluid for a very long time,
and the words all right, already, although,
and the others had various forms over several hundred years
—with spaces, hyphens, alternate vowels, one l, two l's
—until the 18th century when they settled into the spellings
that we recognize today.
Only all right developed a variant modern spelling after that settling.
Alright dates—in literature anyway—to Mark Twain circa 1865.
Which makes it a bit of an upstart.
And lexical upstarts don't tend to win popularity contests.
Some people assert that there's a difference in meaning,
that "The answers were all right"
means that all the answers were correct,
and that "The answers were alright"
means that the answers were adequate or satisfactory.
If you like that distinction you can use it,
but the fact isthat
"The answers were all right" can mean
either that the answers were all correct
or that they were satisfactory.
All right can—and does—do everything that alright does,
and it has the added bonus of making your English teacher happy.
Which leads us to this concluding recommendation:
use alright if you like it and don't care that it's not the favored form.
There's nothing essentially wrong with it.
Use all right if you need people to know that
you know what's all right
—at least according to your English teacher (and a lot of other folks).
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