Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word
Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."
by James Doubek
Jul 07, 2020
2 minutes
Merriam-Webster raised the hackles of stodgy grammarians last week when it affirmed the lexical veracity of "irregardless."
The word's definition, when reading it, would seem to be: without without regard.
is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."
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