The phrase "alas you" is not commonly used in modern written English, but it is grammatically correct.
It can be used in a context of lamentation or sorrow, often to express regret or disappointment about someone or something.
Example: "Alas you have chosen a path that leads to heartache."
Alternatives: "Oh, you" or "Sadly, you."
If you have never read Ayn Rand's legendary 1957 novel, "Atlas Shrugged," (guilty!) or seen the 2011 dystopian fantasy "Atlas Shrugged: Part I" (not guilty, alas), you may have trouble parsing who's doing what and why in that movie's narratively addled sequel.
TLDR: It's a long list of the achievements made with her at the helm these last five years, and — alas — you will only read of the struggles that Yahoo went through between the lines.
Now, alas, you have joined the coddlers.What has changed?
But, alas, you are not the city, your eyes are closed but sleep is evasive.
If you're a 14-year-old girl, alas, you can only dream of being Cinderella.
The headmaster replies: "That, alas, you cannot do, John, or I shall dismiss you".
I also have a vague hope, very weak alas, that you perhaps know about my sad life and the effort and that you would be grateful and also that I will find you perhaps more easily in the other world if there is one...That is now the only preoccupation of my life.
Since Murdoch's thesis is very much like that advanced in my new book, An Army of Davids (not yet published in the UK, alas, but you can read an excerpt online here), don't expect me to argue.
You can't access the article here, alas, but you do get some of the story behind the story, which apparently wound up taking a full year to put together.
That does not, alas, mean you get to hold onto it.
While it will extend your HDTV reach, it will not, alas, give you more time for all that viewing.
