Since when has it been 'In regards to....'?

[WTF99]

Yet another abomination that I have to endure every working day....
It's 'with regard to....' surely?
AIBU

Yep, it's definitely with!

Oh you poor thing being subject to that. How do you cope?

In relation to. With regard to.

In regards to is correct......

As is, with regards to

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

Oh you poor thing being subject to that. How do you cope?

Thanks for your contribution inadequate though it was

Since never. I hate mentality correcting every grammatical abomination but I do also get a perverse pleasure from it.

@RumJerrySailorRum

In regards to is correct......

As is, with regards to

A balanced view Why does one irritate me so much then? I think I need a break from work....

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

Oh you poor thing being subject to that. How do you cope?

I don't know how OP isn't reaching for a strong glass of something right now.

Similar time to when starting every other sentence with 'so' happened probs

This stuff doesn't bother me tbh. As long as everyone understands then meh

Both have come into usage. The original was 'with regards to'. But now 'in regard to' isn't considered incorrect.

YANBU, it's a linguistic abomination! Particularly annoying when you could easily substitute a single word like "about", "on" etc depending on context.

@PragmaticWench

In relation to. With regard to.

Well yes!

Actually both are wrong (sorry!).

The correct phrase is either "with regard to" or "in regard to" - it's not plural. Personally I prefer the former, I'd never use "in regard to", but it's technically correct.

@Ponoka7

Both have come into usage. The original was 'with regards to'. But now 'in regard to' isn't considered incorrect.

Yeah, but it is incorrect though, innit?

Let the pedant games...begin!

@ArosGartref

Let the pedant games...begin!

I was thinking that this should have been in pedants corner...... Oh blimey....I'm a pedant!

You're lucky - an ex boss of mine said 'in regards with'. As well as 'Hence because'.

@iklboo

You're lucky - an ex boss of mine said 'in regards with'. As well as 'Hence because'.

I love him....though only from afar and on mute...

It was a her - quite often mangled management speak

Dammit.....was hoping it was a man

As regards, with regard to, regarding all correct.
In regards to is incorrect, and sod its increasing use as legitimising it.

As a teacher I have to correct this one constantly. Doesn't help that I see it in emails/documents, along with "send it to X or I".

I thought it was an Australian thing as that's where I first encountered it.

I don't agree it's pedantry, unless one is gratuitously correcting a poster on MN.

In regards to makes no sense whatsoever!

What @echt said.