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"Allora, parliamo dei miei aeroplani."
Translation:Alright, let's talk about my airplanes.
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The correct use of "aeroplanes" was marked incorrect in favour of the American-English "airplanes". While I don't wish to penalise our American friends those who prefer to use English from England should not be marked wrong.
I wrote aeroplane (correct uk english) then changed it to airoplane (trying to americanise it) - I did not lose a life, but was warned to spell it airplane in future.. I think the 'full english' version would have been marked wrong.
No-one should be penalised for using correct uk spellings.
"Alright" is not considered correct in written English -- except, perhaps, as part of an informal dialogue.
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Yes - we were pulled up at school for writing 'alright' and told it was absolutely incorrect.
This is a strange sentence. I wrote: Then, we will talk about my airplanes." and it was considered incorrect. Do the duolingo people really know how to speak English???
A great way to change the subject, a bit like "...and what about the price of tea in China?"
Another translation of "allora" which should be allowed is "Right", a normal way to abbreviate "all right"... which is correct, whereas "alright" is not. I object to being told I can't speak my own language. Reported.
When I lived on Sardegna, popular usage had Allora meaning, "and so"
I am in my sixties but was always taught that 'alright' is incorrect in English, only 'all right' is correct. The OED says: "There is no logical reason for insisting that 'all right' should be written as two words rather than as 'alright', when other single-word forms such as 'altogether' and 'already' have long been accepted. Nevertheless, alright is still regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing." For this reason, and allowing for American English, both should be acceptable in DL
The dictionary indicates that allora also means therefore. why does it have to be alright?
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alright and all right are equally acceptable .that's why 'all right' can't be a mistake!
Creepy guy with the butterfly collection is back...does he play golf? Then we know who he is
So frustrating when asked to translate a sentence that 99.999 % of people would never say ever in their whole life. :/
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Have just checked again. Duolingo is marking 'all right' as a choice, rather than 'alright' as wrong. Sorry, Duolingo, but according to the way many English people are instructed, 'alright' is wrong and 'all right' is correct. Therefore, you shouldn't be downmarking those who use 'all right'.
