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When a word is nonstandard it means it is “not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage generally characteristi
by unyttigfjelltol 4y ago
When a word is nonstandard it means it is “not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage generally characteristic of educated native speakers of a language."[0]
[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
- School-Cotton 4y agoYou proved my point. That says it doesn’t correspond to the usage of a particular social group (educated people), which is a scientific statement. It doesn’t say it’s “wrong”, which is a value judgment. Obviously, linguists don’t dispute the existence of more or less prestigious varieties of languages.