How Do You Spell Always? — A Quick Guide

To become a great author, you must know how to spell words in English, including the simplest ones. However, there can be times you ask yourself, how do you spell always?

What Does Always Mean?

“Always” simply means “happening all the time.” It’s an adverb that shows the regular frequency of something happening. Also, it tries to suggest that a particular event occurs most of the time.

Example:

She’s always right here for me.

If you say something always happens, you intend to say that it’s an occurrence that appears most of the time.

How Do People Misspell “Always?”

Typographic Error

In a rare occurrence, people we talk to don’t intend to misspell this word. One of the funniest typographic mistakes when typing “always” is “alwasy.” It’s hilarious because it sounds like a name or a geographical location.

“All-ways”

Some people assume that because it says “always,” it has to be spelled like the words “all” and “ways” put together. It’s wrong because “always” has one “l.” However, its Old English derivation came from the phrase “all ways,” which meant the exact definition as the modern spelling.

All ways

Another error people make as they spell always is separating “all” and “ways.” If you use this spelling, the word will become a phrase that stands for “every way,” different from “every time.” On the other hand, the latter pertains to a “regular manner of occurrence.”