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Is it subjective in this case? There is a logic to how this word is constructed: regard-less means without regard. Irregardless violates that logic: ir-regard-l
by dqpb 4y ago
Is it subjective in this case? There is a logic to how this word is constructed: regard-less means without regard. Irregardless violates that logic: ir-regard-less, not without regard?
- School-Cotton 4y agoIt’s true that you can’t logically predict the meaning of “irregardless” from its smaller components. However, that’s true of virtually all words. Ones where the etymology makes the meaning obvious are the exception. Human languages aren’t math or programming languages; you can’t apply the same kind of logic to them.