"Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
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> "irregardless" is bad English. It is a double negative.

Improper use of the phrase "double negative" during a grammar flame, two
points off.
Since "irregardless" means regardless in the same way that inflammable means
flammable, it is not a double negative unless used in a sentence with a
negative.

From www.m-w.com

One entry found for double negative.


Main Entry: double negative
Function: noun
Date: 1827
: a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and
having a negative meaning <"I didn't hear nothing" is a double negative>


One entry found for irregardless.




Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date: circa 1912
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th
century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of
usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark
about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It
is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to
time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is
still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

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