The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149340   Message #3475090
Posted By: Steve Shaw
02-Feb-13 - 08:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Feb-ROO-ary!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Feb-ROO-ary!!!!
:-)

"Albeit" is an inane and pretentious construction which has easy alternatives (try "but" or "although"). I hardly ever come across the use of the term "prior to" where "before" wouldn't have been much better and far less pretentious. I think we're stuck with "hopefully" for ever. "Alright" is a more interesting case. We don't, after all, raise an eyebrow over "already" or "altogether". Mind you, there are useful distinctions between "all together" and "altogether", and between "all ready" and "already". There's the potential for a similar distinction between "all right" and "alright", as long as the distinction is defined along consciously literate lines.