That was intentional - just keeping you guys on your toes. Irregardless: should be regardless Four corners of the Earth: the earth does not have "four corners" Supposably: should be "SupposeDLy" Commonplaced: should be "commonplace" (no "d")
"Stephen A. Lawrence" <sa...@pobox.com> wrote: > > >On 11-10-10 04:35 PM, Robert Leguillon wrote: >> >> If someone "Couldn't care less", it means that they care so little >> that it's impossible for them to care any less than they do right now. >> If someone "Could care less", it means that they care enough that it's >> possible to care less. >> >> _*Irregardless*_, people will continue to use the phrase to the four >> corners of the earth. Supposably, it's commonplaced. > >Oops. > >In fact, "regardless" is the word you want there. "Irregardless" is not >an "official word" but if it were it would mean the opposite of what you >intended. (Some modern dictionaries have surrendered to the >ungrammatical hordes and now define it as a synonym for "regardless", >but all us nit-pickers out here know they're wrong.) > > > >> >> > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:24:41 -0500 >> > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Look at the BIG PICTURE and you will see this is >> irrefutable proof >> > From: svj.orionwo...@gmail.com >> > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >> > >> > Terry sez: >> > >> > ... >> > >> > >> I'm sure you could care less. >> > > >> > > whisper: ". . . not care less" >> > > >> > > <g, d & r> >> > >> > Really? I wuz never good at grammar. >> > >> > Grammatically speaking I always thought it is better form to avoid >> > cluttering up one's literary intent with the use of double negatives. >> > >> > Regards >> > Steven Vincent Johnson >> > www.OrionWorks.com >> > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >> >
