Here you’ll find answers to your questions about which of several words is the correct word to use.
All right or Alright
Use all right when you mean “entirely correct.”
Example: Did you get your answers all right?
Use all right or alright when you mean “okay.”
Example: I saw you sweating during the meeting. Are you alright?
Usage Note: Although some dictionaries say that all right and alright are interchangeable, alright is still considered a non-standard substitute for all right.
Affect or Effect
Use affect when you mean “to influence or to pretend.”
Example: Your shouting cannot affect my mood today!
Use effect when you mean “to complete, to accomplish, to bring about an event or a change in something.”
Example: We effected the conversion and transfer exactly on schedule.
Use accept when you mean “to receive, to believe, or to acknowledge.”
Example: Hawkins cannot accept criticism easily
Use except when you mean “to leave out.”
Example: Send her all the apples, except the rotten ones we set aside.
When you are referring to a noun, use exception.
Example: Allowing you to leave early would be an exception to the rules.
Use all ready when you mean “completely prepared.”
Example: The team is all ready to start the meeting.
Use already when you mean “before now.”
Example: Hurry; the meeting’s already started.
Here you’ll find answers to your questions about which of several words is the correct word to use.
Use a lot when you mean “many.”
Right: I have a lot of phone calls to make.
Do not use alot; it is not a word.
WRONG: I have alot of tasks for you to do.
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