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irregardless !
well, it's not a misused word ... it's just not a word ... correction - i googled it and apparently it is a word but in my opinion it should not be.
i don't understand why anyone would use it in light of the fact that the word regardless exists! irregardless - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
That's because it never used to be. It's been misused in place of "irrespective" so much now, that it's become common enough to be considered correct usage. Ack! My mother rolls in her watery grave.
I'm surprised you all missed these: "too" when "to" should be used and vice versa.
I always remember because the rule is simple. The only time you use "too" is when you need it to mean "also" such as "I shop at that grocery store too", or when you need it for emphasis or to mean "extra" such as, "I ate too much" or "I worked too hard".
"I graduated college" when it should be, "I graduated FROM college" and using an adjective when an adverb should be used such as "I baked the cake and it came out perfect" when the correct word should be "perfectly" are two other ones that drive me up a wall.
[u]sing an adjective when an adverb should be used such as "I baked the cake and it came out perfect" when the correct word should be "perfectly" are two other ones that drive me up a wall.
Some people don't like hearing two other ones, you know.
I agree it's annoying to hear adjectives misused as adverbs, but I don't know if the example you gave is correct. If you're saying that the cake is perfect, then yes, I believe an adjective is fine.
I baked the cake and it came out lumpy. I baked the cake and it came out delicious. I baked the cake and it came out dry. I baked the cake and it came out perfect.
But if you are saying that the cake came out of the oven perfectly, with no trouble at all, then perfectly would be better.
It's the How are you/I am good/I am well debate all over again!
In my humble opinion the word is 'have' because it is past tense and too often paired incorrectly with a second past tense word. Some examples, I have been (I was}, I have seen (I saw), I have done (I did), I have written (I wrote).
Some people don't like hearing two other ones, you know.
I agree it's annoying to hear adjectives misused as adverbs, but I don't know if the example you gave is correct. If you're saying that the cake is perfect, then yes, I believe an adjective is fine.
I baked the cake and it came out lumpy. I baked the cake and it came out delicious. I baked the cake and it came out dry. I baked the cake and it came out perfect.
But if you are saying that the cake came out of the oven perfectly, with no trouble at all, then perfectly would be better.
It's the How are you/I am good/I am well debate all over again!
To clarify, when the verb is being modified you use and adverb usually ending in "ly". So to better explain I'll use a word we can both agree is a verb and then tell me if you think "perfect" is still "ok" to use.
I baked a cake and it rose in the oven perfectly.
I baked a cake and it rose perfect.
I think in both cases you need the adverb.
The descriptive word is modifying the action (how the cake rose) not the cake.
The only time you can use an adjective is when you use a linking verb such as "is"when the verb links the adjective to the noun.
"The cake is perfect" is correct but "The cake baked perfect" is incorrect. Instead, "The cake baked perfectly" is correct.
Look it up in any grammar book preferably written in the 60's or before when people spoke better English if you don't belive me.
Well, let me "axe" him a question. I will never understand that one.
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