Eachother and alright?

Question

Are eachother and alright actual words? Whenever I write them down in my word processor the little red line comes underneath it. But people write it all the time!

Answer 1

I always thought "each other" was written as two words. Same with "all right". Webster's online links below for each. As far as people writing it all the time, people also often write phrases such as "a whole nother story" and "it was five a.m. in the morning."

Answer 2

eachother is definitely two words.....though we say it like it's one word, it's not......as for alright.....I'm almost positive it is a word......maybe it's an alternate spelling that your word processor doesn't have in it's dictionary?

Here's what dictionary.com had to say:

al·right
–adverb
all right.
—Usage note 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.

Answer 3

Each other are two separate words and alright is a word but your word processor may be basing it on a different dictionary. Usually the term is all right.