[13lstuner]

Originally Posted by jrhagen

IRREGARDLESS

I was going to post this as well.

[Baba]

Originally Posted by jrhagen

IRREGARDLESS

Good one! I love it.

A frequently used yet non-existent word.

IR = without. REGARDLESS = without regard for.

A double negative = neither a positive nor a negative.

Therefore, incorrect grammar.

The correct word to use would be IRRESPECTIVE.

Words of the Day:

Irregardless ≠ Irrespective.

[Baba]

[AGM 1LE]

[jrhagen]

I could care less!

[MikeOfwg]

quick question... i have a Camaro LT2 with the RS package but i hate that RS sign in the front.. anyone know how to remove it??

[pgustavson]

Originally Posted by Baba

Good one! I love it.

A frequently used yet non-existent word.

IR = without. REGARDLESS = without regard for.

A double negative = neither a positive nor a negative.

Therefore, incorrect grammar.

The correct word to use would be IRRESPECTIVE.

Words of the Day:

Irregardless ≠ Irrespective.

or simply "regardless"...

[jrhagen]

Originally Posted by MikeOfwg

quick question... i have a Camaro LT2 with the RS package but i hate that RS sign in the front.. anyone know how to remove it??

Grip it and rip it.

[PalmerGA]

Originally Posted by MLL67RSSS

Ummmm,,,,,,,,,,, OK! Like I said whatever makes you happy. You "busted" someone for it. Good for you. An internet pat on the back to you. Those may bug me, but that's my problem. I don't expect people to suddenly change or alter there lives because one little thing bugs ME. Therefore I don't feel the need to correct them, seems a little arrogant IMO.

If you consider "busting" and correcting EVERY single thing like that in EVERY post in EVERY thread maybe you'll better understand my "pissin' in the wind" comment. Do you really think that all of these people will suddenly acquire the determination to change their ways after all their lives and become spelling and grammar experts just because YOU called them out? "Well I've always had poor grammar, but PalmerGA called me out so I've got to study up." Ever heard the saying "Don't sweat the small stuff?

I don't sweat anything. And I don't search through posts hoping to find errors - quite the contrary. When I see a grammatical or spelling error which is obviously due to ignorance or laziness, I often (but not always) point it out to them. They can take it or leave it. If it helps them recognize (and correct) the error in their language usage - great. If not - well, I tried.

[PalmerGA]

Originally Posted by jrhagen

IRREGARDLESS

Sticks in my craw as well. Unfortunately, it is now in Webster's dictionary.

Adv. 1. irregardless - regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously

[6bangerBOOM]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

I hate it when autocorrect changes the word to something different because the word I used isn't in their database. I had to even add the word Camaro myself because it kept changing it to Camera.

Or when you misspell a word and autocorrect for some reason saves it. For a while there everytime I typed Camaro my phone would auto correct to Canaro. And just then when I typed canaro it auto guessed it for me. It did it again!

[6bangerBOOM]

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

I busted someone on this about a week ago.

This is more of a regional thing, frequently heard from people from the northeastern US. Doesn't make it right, but a bit more tolerable. Similar to "youse guys" - I would compare it to telling my fellow Georgians that "y'all" isn't correct speech. Not worth the effort.

I feel it is worth the effort.

What determines whether or not a word is proper speech for you? Dictionaries are just edited by groups of people. Do they tell you how to speak? Language is always changing. Today's proper language was the bastardizing slang of yesterday. Considering that we are speaking English v4.0(old, middle, early modern, and contemporary) I would think it very hard to claim that a concrete perfectly proper language exists and sustains itself throughout time. Consider also the impressions that our little western Germanic language has had left on it over the centuries (Gaelic, Viking, French, Romance). English is an amalgamous linguistic goo-ball. You can view the dictionary as a time stamp on what was proper at that moment, but guess what's coming out the year after its publication? An updated version of the same book... With new words.

[orbitearl]

F T G P

[ssrs2lt]

I'm taking a pause from my doctorate that ive typed entirely from my 3 yr old phone to keep this thread alive or a live?? hahaha keeping my grammar hand strong..