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expnsv_hdphns
on Aug 4, 2010
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http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=albeit&oldid=...
gruseom
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It's a mandatory contraction. You can't correctly write "all be it", just like you can't correctly write "where as".
jherdman
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Interesting, but dictionary.com and m-w.com claim that it's a contraction of "al(though) be it".
* http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/albeit * http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/albeit
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