Comments on: Irregardless is not a word http://scottbush.net/language/irregardless/ Notes on web development (and a few other topics) Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Scott Bush http://scottbush.net/language/irregardless/#comment-35603 Scott Bush Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:07:46 +0000 http://scottbush.net/v2/blog/2008/01/21/irregardless/#comment-35603 A few days back I received an e-mail from a reader informing me of a mistake in my post. In the interests of full disclosure, here's his post: ============================ In explaining things you used the expression "despite of." I don't think this is correct. The following was taken from www.english-test.net: "Despite of" is a grammatical error! Inspite of = Despite 1 - Despite the rough weather, she came on time. 2 - Inspite of the rough weather, she came on time. My own sense of grammar, punctuation and usage is pretty pathetic, but this error caught my eye and I thought you might find the irony of this making this particular error in the context of your rant, humorous, as did I. ============================ So there it is--I was wrong* and that just goes to show you shouldn't be too vehement about one's own grammatical prowess! *It's worth noting that "despite of" is incorrect in modern usage, the Bard himself used it extensively. Check out http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5634/is-it-despite-or-despite-of for a wonderfully detailed write-up on the topic. A few days back I received an e-mail from a reader informing me of a mistake in my post. In the interests of full disclosure, here’s his post:
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In explaining things you used the expression “despite of.” I don’t think this is correct.
The following was taken from http://www.english-test.net:

“Despite of” is a grammatical error! Inspite of = Despite

1 – Despite the rough weather, she came on time.
2 – Inspite of the rough weather, she came on time.

My own sense of grammar, punctuation and usage is pretty pathetic, but this error caught my eye and I thought you might find the irony of this making this particular error in the context of your rant, humorous, as did I.
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So there it is–I was wrong* and that just goes to show you shouldn’t be too vehement about one’s own grammatical prowess!

*It’s worth noting that “despite of” is incorrect in modern usage, the Bard himself used it extensively. Check out http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5634/is-it-despite-or-despite-of for a wonderfully detailed write-up on the topic.

]]> By: Scott Bush » Spatter vs. Splatter http://scottbush.net/language/irregardless/#comment-580 Scott Bush » Spatter vs. Splatter Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:53:23 +0000 http://scottbush.net/v2/blog/2008/01/21/irregardless/#comment-580 [...] of those oft-misconstrued words that is just accepted by everyone. Upon what evidence do I make that claim? Try searching [...] [...] of those oft-misconstrued words that is just accepted by everyone. Upon what evidence do I make that claim? Try searching [...]

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