2 Words to Remove from Your Vocabulary
Why? Because they’re made up.
Short and sweet, here are two words to stop using… today.
1. Irregardless
Unfortunately, this word has somehow made it into various dictionaries due to its common usage; which is sad. It is a bastardization and conflation of two different words: irrespective and regardless.
Irrespective is a great word.
Regardless is a great word.
Let’s not combine them, though.
2. Supposably
Similarly, common (incorrect) usage of “supposedly” has morphed into this misused word, which is now seen as an appropriate colloquialism in many circles (sad face).
Of course, this is how language changes over time, but this iteration just doesn’t sound quite as good to me as its progenitor.
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