2013年3月13日 · 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".

2010年12月5日 · 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.

"Regardless to" is the one that sounds awkward because it's utterly ungrammatical. However, "regardless of", aside from being grammatically correct, sounds quite appropriate to my ear. Some arrangements work better than others, regardless of the number of detectors used. Here's an equally formal alternative you might want to consider:

2013年2月20日 · 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.

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, …

2016年5月17日 · No, they are completely different. “Irrelevant” means something is not related to what is being discussed or considered and therefore not important. “Regardless” is just another word for “despite” or “not being affected by something”. Examples from (Cambridge dictionary): 1) It was pouring with rain, but we pressed on regardless.

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.

2011年2月28日 · A more idiomatic alternative would be to use the word regardless: I want to talk to you regardless. I don't believe that nevertheless is idiomatic here. Nevertheless is usually used as a clause-initial adverb, and doesn't fall naturally at the end of a …

2023年5月11日 · irregardless This adverb, apparently a blend of irrespective and regardless, originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century (according to the American Dialect Dictionary, it was first recorded in western Indiana in 1912). Its use in nonstandard speech had become widespread enough by the 1920s to make it a natural in a story ...

I have been using the following phrases but I am still not confident that they are grammatically correct and sound right: "in regards with something" "with regards to something" &