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grammar_bot
10y ago
Besides being a double negative that results in it not being equivalent to regardless, to your point it's been used for at least 100 years and is still considered non standard.
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10y ago
so you agree? "Word Origin and History for irregardless an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the opposite of what it is used to express. Attested in non-standard writing from at least 1870s probably a blend of irrespective