Terms that trip you up

[B_Nick8]

sure it is... it might be a broken word but it is a word.


Irregardless............. not regardless

Two wrongs don't make a double negative, right?

 

[molotovmuffin]

Right but a double negative doesn't make a wrong either.


LOL you crack me up!

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

how about "couldn't care less" as opposed to "could care less" ! LOL

Great example, especially since the latter--and incorrect--usage seems to be more common when speaking depreciatively.

Neither is incorrect.
One has perfect surface sense.
The other has the sanction of idiom.

In childhood, when I sang Jingle Bells, I didn't know if it was
- a one-horse soap and sleigh, or
- a one-horse open sleigh

Har har har.
That's funny.:smokin:

 

[vince]

Irregardless is not a proper word.
So tell me about it!
(which usually means “Don’t tell me about it, because I know all about it already.")