Re: Re: Re: bso finals


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Posted by Matt G on December 04, 2002 at 21:58:55:

In Reply to: Re: Re: bso finals posted by Matt G on December 04, 2002 at 21:49:09:

Just some more food for though...

Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the Englich Language, 1989 edition:

ir-re-gard-less (ir'i gard" lis), adj. Nonstandard. regardless [ir(respective) + regardless]

-Usage. Irregardless is considered nonstandard because it is redundant: once the negative idea is expressed by the -less ending, it is poor style to add the negative ir- prefix to explain the same idea. Nonetheless, it does creep into the speech of good English speakers, perhaps as a result of attempting greater emphasis.

Thanks for playing.

Matt G


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