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Well, a lot of people in general use words incorrectly when speaking informally, that doesn't make that usage correct. Irregardless, for all intensive purposes,
by ryandrake 2y ago
Well, a lot of people in general use words incorrectly when speaking informally, that doesn't make that usage correct. Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less how people say STL.
- billforsternz 2y agoI see what you did there, well played sir.
- messe 2y ago> that doesn't make that usage correct Eventually it does. That's how language evolves. Prescriptivism is pointless pedantry.
- EnergyAmy 2y agoI think you missed that the OP was demonstrating that statement false in the latter portion of their comment.
- ryandrake 2y agoYes, language evolves over long periods of time, but not all incorrect spelling and usage is language evolving in front of our eyes. Sometimes, it's just poor English knowledge.
- wholinator2 2y agoAlso, pedantry warning, the phrase is "intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes". Also "could care less" implies you do care, "couldn't care less" implies you don't.
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- pton_xd 2y agoWell that's his point. But in the context of this discussion, if he's writing a post about English idioms and expressions and writes like that, no one is going to take his opinion seriously.
- cozzyd 2y agoSaint Louie
- eska 2y ago* Well, a lot of people in general use words incorrectly * immediately followed by “irregardless”, “intensive purposes”, and “I could care less” reads like a troll post