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MaxJenius wrote:There is no such word as irregardless.![]()
towr wrote:MaxJenius wrote:There is no such word as irregardless.![]()
I always find it so odd when people declare a word doesn't exists even though you can find in a dictionary. Maybe it's like the phrase "you can't do that" -- wishful thinking more than anything else.
That's all very well*, but entirely irrelevant to whether it's a word. Or, for that matter, to what it actually means -- which depends on how people use it (crack open an etymology book and you'll see many words don't make sense with regard to past meanings).MaxJenius wrote:"Ir" is a negative... such as irrelevant.. meaning not relevant. "Regardless" is already negative, so "Irregardless" it technically a double negative.
The proper word is regardless... without regard. Irregardless would really mean "not without regard"
towr wrote:That's all very well*, but entirely irrelevant to whether it's a word. Or, for that matter, to what it actually means -- which depends on how people use it (crack open an etymology book and you'll see many words don't make sense with regard to past meanings).MaxJenius wrote:"Ir" is a negative... such as irrelevant.. meaning not relevant. "Regardless" is already negative, so "Irregardless" it technically a double negative.
The proper word is regardless... without regard. Irregardless would really mean "not without regard"
As for what is proper and what is not; well, "proper" is in the eye of the beholder (or ear as the case may be). And many improper things are fun to do. Especially when it irks people (or penguins) that really ought to know better.
* And corresponds to the better part of what the dictionary has to say about the word -- It also adds that the double negative might be used to emphasize, which ain't no big surprise.
(None if which means that some people's linguistic quirks don't bug the hell out of me.)
Gav wrote:If the worst thing you find in that sentence is "irregardless, " you may need to turn in your grammar nazi license.
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