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Technically, there should be no controversy: regard is the base and from there you get "regardful" and "regardless". Really the only argument should be over usi
by rue 16y ago
Technically, there should be no controversy: regard is the base and from there you get "regardful" and "regardless". Really the only argument should be over using "regardless" rather than "regardlessly".
- bkudria 16y agoTell that to "flammable" and "inflammable": http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm (The evocative pair here being "reversible" and "irreversible") Technically, when talking about language, throw all your rules and logic out the window. :)
- reeses 16y ago"Technically", there definitely is controversy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics It's great fun to find out when someone is inclined in one of those directions, because they go out of their way to justify their perspective. It's better than C++ vs. Java.