Tom Hungerford wrote:
Isn't it "I could careless"?
Tom
Nope. The original phrasing, “couldn’t care less”, implied that the subject was of such little consequence to me that my caring about it couldn’t be any less. The “I could care less” doesn’t convey that same meaning.
Stan
mwsilvers wrote:
According to Merriam-Webster, it was recently added as a word due to its extensive use over a long period of time, but they still consider it non-standard English. Irregardless is a double negative of course, but many non standard words in English exist only because of extensive long term usage. That is how language morphs over time. However, regardless of it's new classification, it is still preferable not to use irregardless.
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Besides that, it’s harder to s say it because if that extra syllable in the front.
Stan
Say the phrase “wrongly”?
The spoken language belongs to the speakers! The written language belongs to the writers and readers... DaveO, listen up.
Since regardless and irregardless mean exactly the same thing the ir form is unnecessary.
jerryc41 wrote:
Someone just told me that "irregardless" is now considered a proper word. Well, there goes the verbal neighborhood. Keep making a mistake long enough, and it will become correct.
Irregardless has been in the dictionary since at least the early 80s, I was talking to this guy and used the word because of a statement he made, he quickly told me there was no such word, I got a dictionary and proved it to him. It has been in use since 1795.
jerryc41 wrote:
Someone just told me that "irregardless" is now considered a proper word. Well, there goes the verbal neighborhood. Keep making a mistake long enough, and it will become correct.
The word "decimate" originally meant "reduce by one tenth". But people used it so much to mean "reduce substantially" that dictionaries accepted that definition.
Sounds fishy to me. Hard to look them in the eye
Longshadow wrote:
Don'tcha mean "
couldn't care less"?
No, he means he cares a little. But he could still care even less if the conditions are right.
Crap, I just noticed this post has reached five pages. If I had seen that sooner I wouldn't have bothered. Irregardless here it is.
BTW, when I typed "irregardless" why does it have a red line under it?
folkus wrote:
Sounds fishy to me. Hard to look them in the eye
It's hard to figure out who you are replying to. Use "quote reply" and we will know.
Or, or. How many figs could a fig plucker pluck if a fig plucker could pluck figs.
JohnSwanda wrote:
It's hard to figure out who you are replying to. Use "quote reply" and we will know.
Thank you for that helpful comment!
folkus wrote:
Say the phrase “wrongly”?
Sure. Just like “rightly” as in “rightly so”.
The next thing you know using then when comparing will be acceptable too.
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