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All right is the only correct spelling of this term.
                                 It is never all right to write alright.













                       Tina said that the change in the schedule was all right with her.









                             alone, along




                                 To be alone is to be by yourself. If someone
                                 else is along, you aren’t alone.












                       I didn’t want to be alone, so I took my dog Nina along.










                             a lot, alot, allot




                                 A lot is always written as two words, never
                                 alot. When you mean much or many, it’s

                                 considered better form to use a word such as

                                 much, many, several, or a specific amount
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