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Bookmark or Share- politeness - Ending a note with "Thanks regardless" - English Language ...I'm not sure what "thanks regardless" is supposed to mean. Thank you, regardless of whether you can help me [in the future]: the better way to say this is "Thank you in advance" or "Thanks in advance"; but given that that's what you wrote at the end of your question, it seems you believe "thanks regardless" means something else.
- word choice - "Irregardless" vs. "irrespective" - English Language ...Some people use "irregardless" for “regardless” but many people think it is incorrect. It is probably a combination of "irrespective" and "regardless" which is sometimes used humorously. Oxford Dictionary says: Irregardless means the same as regardless, but the negative prefix ir- merely duplicates the suffix -less, and is unnecessary.
- Is "regardless" a word I shouldn't use? - English Language & Usage ...Regardless is a perfectly standard word in current use. I suspect you are confusing it with irregardless, which is often used for regardless or irrespective, and may originate either as a portmanteau of those, or as a double-negative of regard. That's much more controversial, considered wrong by many, and a pet hate of quite a few.
- word choice - Is "regardless of whether or not" proper grammar ...I think that "regardless of whether or not" is not only awkward, but twice superfluous. I got 'routed' here because I was searching for support for my belief that "regardless of" is a superfluous phrase, in that just about any sentence that I could render was just as effective without the word "of".
- Is "irrespective of" interchangeable with "regardless of"?It seems "regardless of" covers all the meaning of "irrespective of", but not vice versa.For instance, I think in the following sentence, "regardless of" can not be replaced by "irrespective of": In the future people will be selected for posts on merit, regardless of gender or race. What do you think?
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