Hello, everyone, welcome back to my channel, Sparkle
English, where I teach you how to improve your level of
English. And in today's video, I'm going to teach you the
difference between alot and a lot, all right, and alright,
and everyday or every day. This is very confusing for a
lot of English speakers, even native English speakers. At
the end of this video, we will have a short quiz to test your
knowledge. So, let's get started. The first common
mistake is the difference between alot or a lot. So many
people write alot as one word instead of a lot. This is
incorrect. A lot without a space between the A and the L
is not a word. It is incorrect. So a lot should
always be spelled as two words. A lot usually means
many, much, or a large amount. A lot as one word is
incorrect. For example, Gemma has a lot of friends. This is
correct. Gemma has alot of friends with no space is
incorrect. We don't have a lot of time left. You look a lot
like Justin Bieber. Okay, so always have a space between
the A and the L. Now, a lot of also means lots of. So you
could say Theresa earns a lot of money, or Theresa earns
lots of money. They go on a lot of dates, or they go on
lots of dates. Okay, so you can use a lot or lots. Okay,
the second common mistake is the difference between all
right or alright. All right means something is okay, well,
good, fine or satisfactory. All right is correct. And
alright is also correct. However, it is less common.
Now if you are writing an essay or writing a novel, I
recommend you use all right as two separate words. The
spelling alright with one L and pushed together to make
one word is a more modern way of writing it. And it's okay
if you're using this when you're writing an email to
friends or text messaging. However, in a formal essay, or
in school, your teacher may prefer you to use this because
this is the traditional spelling, and most writers
prefer it this way. So the concert was alright. That
means it was okay. It was good. It was fine. Or the
concert was alright. Sounds the same. It's just the second
one is pushed together to make one word with one L. Both of
these mean the concert was okay. How was your dad? Is he
all right. How's your dad? Is he alright? Which means is he
okay? Is he well?
Now there is one exception where alright can make things
less confusing. For example, if you said her answers were
all right, this has two different meanings. It can
mean her answers were all correct. Let's say she did a
test and had 10 out of 10. They were all right. Not all
wrong, because right is the opposite of wrong. However,
you could also mean her answers were satisfactory.
They were okay. They were all right. However, if we write
her answers were alright. This only has one meaning. This
means her answers were satisfactory. They were okay.
This does not mean they were all correct. So if you want to
say that something is all correct, or perfect, you have
to write it this way, all right as two separate words.
And the last common mistake, and this is something I even
have to stop to think before I write, is the difference
between every day as one word or everyday as two separate
words. Every day and everyday sound the same but are used
differently. So everyday is an adjective. It means daily,
common, or ordinary. Remember that we usually place
adjectives before nouns. So for example, this is a cute
everyday dress. We have the noun dressed and we're using
the adjective everyday to mean a common dress, a dress you
can wear every day. Your child had an outburst in class
today, but it's not an everyday occurrence.
Occurrence is a noun. And we're using the adjective
everyday, to say it's not a daily occurrence. The child is
not always having an outburst. I'm bored of everyday life. I
want to travel. So again, we have the noun life. So we have
to use the adjective everyday with no space between every
and day ahead of it. Now, every day with a space between
it means each day. Let's look at these examples. I go
camping every summer. I drink coffee every day. You would
not put every summer together as one word, and you don't put
every day together as one word either. They're separated. I
go camping each day. I drink coffee each day. If you can
replace every with each, then you should separate it into
two different words. I drink coffee everyday like this is
incorrect. Because everyday without a space between the y
and the d is an adjective. My parents work hard every day.
She misses you every day. Okay, now it's time for our
quiz. I will read eight sentences, and you will have
to correct them. Some of them are already correct. Number
one, I ate a lot of pizza last night. Number two, are you
alright? David said you aren't feeling well. Number three, I
got 100% on my test. My answers were alright. Number
four, we walk our dogs everyday. Number five. Does
this look like lot of sugar? Number six, I have a pair of
everyday shoes you can borrow. Number seven. I'm not feeling
all right. Finally, number eight, do you talk to your
boyfriend every day? Okay, so let's correct these together.
Number one is correct. I ate a lot of pizza last night.
Number two is also correct. Are you alright? David said
you aren't feeling well. Now again, this is a little more
informal. If you were writing this in a novel, or for formal
writing, you should probably write it as two separate
words. But both are correct. Number three is incorrect.
I got 100% on my test. My answers were alright. What
we're trying to say here is that they were all correct.
Not that they were okay or satisfactory. So in this case,
you'd have to write like this, because all right is the
opposite of all wrong. So this word doesn't fit in the
sentence. Number four, we walk our dogs everyday. This is
incorrect. Because we want to say we walk our dogs each day.
So we have to have a space between every and day. Number
five is incorrect as well. Does this look like alot of
sugar? Remember, we always have a space between a and
lot. Number six is correct. I have a pair of everyday shoes
you can borrow. Remember, everyday without a space
between every and day is an adjective that comes before a
noun, in this case shoes. So that's correct. Number seven,
I'm not feeling alright. That is correct. Again, it's the
same as number two. You can write it like this, or like
this. Both are correct. And finally, do you talk to your
boyfriend every day? This is correct. It's two separate
words are saying do you talk to him each day. Okay, so let
me know in the comments section how many you got
correct out of eight. If you have any questions, feel free
to ask me in the comments section below this video. Make
sure to watch my other videos on common mistakes in English,
which I will link you to in the description below this
video, and I will see you in my next lesson.