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FAO: Swamper
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| tubularbills |
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| Jarvmeister |
I, and many other people, will always regard those that use the word i r r e g a r d l e s s as lacking in knowledge of the English language.
To those that understand the structure of words, have studied Latin and know how the words we use today are derived, use of the 'adverb' i r r e g a r d l e s s is not an option. |
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| Ian |
| next you'll be saying that "I could care less" actually makes sense. In which case, TTA will finally be justified for using it 1000 times a day. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| that's ing bull. cambridge. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
that's ing bull. cambridge. |
somebody went to oxford :p |
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
next you'll be saying that "I could care less" actually makes sense. In which case, TTA will finally be justified for using it 1000 times a day. |
That one gets me every time. As does 'I ain't done nothing'. |
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| aquila |
| Irrespectively, the irreversible irreverence toward Swamper is irrelevant. |
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by aquila
Irrespectively, the irreversible irreverence toward Swamper is irrelevant. |
Those are all proper words, and none of them are the point of this discussion. |
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
Those are all proper words, and none of them is the point of this discussion. |
fixed. Another one I hate, btw. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
I, and many other people, will always regard those that use the word i r r e g a r d l e s s as lacking in knowledge of the English language.
To those that understand the structure of words, have studied Latin and know how the words we use today are derived, use of the 'adverb' i r r e g a r d l e s s is not an option. |
I, like many other people, will always regard those that use the word irregardless as the inevitable sign that a word became all too common.
To those that understand the structure of language change, have studied grammaticalization and know how the words we use today are derived, there ain't nothing wrong with the use of the adverb irregardless, irregardless of what you think :D
Edit: Curiously, the advent of this word is not recent... here's its frequency on the books scanned by Google.
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