http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/irregardless/ Common usage errors in English Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/irregardless/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Mario Guttman Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:16:15 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=41#comment-205 My opinion is that people are confused between "regardless" and "irrespective" (which is the word they are probably looking for) and they compromise by mashing them together into "irregardless". At least this error helps to provide a warning that what they are saying is probably suspect. My opinion is that people are confused between “regardless” and “irrespective” (which is the word they are probably looking for) and they compromise by mashing them together into “irregardless”. At least this error helps to provide a warning that what they are saying is probably suspect.

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