The phrase "alternative that works" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing options or solutions that are effective or functional in a given context.
Example: "After trying several methods, we finally found an alternative that works for our project."
Alternatives: "effective option" or "viable alternative".
Gail: Maybe we could compromise by letting Medicare refuse to pay for expensive drugs when there's a less costly alternative that works just as well.
But she said that did not influence her belief that asthma patients should start trying to find the best new alternative that works for them.
An alternative that works for some is vaginal application of a little estrogen via a cream, ring or tablet, which keeps the hormone from passing through the liver and diminishes the amount that enters the bloodstream.
WhatsApp, based down the road from Google in Mountain View, California, is a text message alternative that works on most handsets, including BlackBerrys, iPhones, Android and Windows Phone devices.
Fortunately, there's a simple alternative that works better for most people.
I've been wanting to bid adieu to shelling out $100/month for TV for quite some time, but there's been no viable alternative that works well enough to replace TV.
This is because Congress failed to update the public financing of campaigns, the alternative that worked well for the nation for three decades.
Because I did as so many other people did, and do: with the wisdom typical of age 16, I chose the "hot" school -- so hot that it was pictured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine with the headline "The Hot School," so hot that it didn't accept me, leaving me to scramble for an alternative that worked out, but far from ideally.
The states that are showing drops are states that are thinking about how they can apply research-based alternatives that work better and cost less".
Oncologists typically make more money if they use newly approved drugs and the latest radiation treatments than if they use cheaper, older alternatives that work just as well.
Here's more from Kahan's post on the research pointing to constructive paths (the links are vital): [T]he same research that supports the conclusion that "fact bombardment" doesn't work is filled with findings of alternatives that work better in promoting constructive open-minded engagement with scientific information.
