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With regards to.......

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TheShellBeach · 31/12/2022 22:57

...........and not forgetting "in regards to"

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TheShellBeach · 01/01/2023 00:05

Well, it annoys the hell out of me.

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purpledalmation · 01/01/2023 12:43

With regard to...
Regarding...

Is that correct?

TheShellBeach · 01/01/2023 15:19

Yes.
Regards are what you send someone on their birthday.

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LaPerduta · 01/01/2023 21:57

"As regards..." could also work. But yes, I'm with you in disliking "with regards to".

SiobhanSharpe · 01/01/2023 22:00

"In regards to" is worse.

TheShellBeach · 01/01/2023 22:08

SiobhanSharpe · 01/01/2023 22:00

"In regards to" is worse.

Argh.
They're both terrible.

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TheShellBeach · 01/01/2023 22:44

See also "the body was laying on the floor" - no it bloody wasn't.
It was LYING on the floor.

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LaPerduta · 04/01/2023 10:16

TheShellBeach · 01/01/2023 22:44

See also "the body was laying on the floor" - no it bloody wasn't.
It was LYING on the floor.

I hate "was laying" and have also seen "was lay", "was laid" and - possibly the worst of all - "was led".

(I realise "was laid" and "was led" can be correct in different contexts, but not as conjunctions of "to lie".)

upinaballoon · 04/01/2023 17:37

Emma Barnett, on 'Woman's Hour', says 'with regards to', 'in regards to'. Lots of other people do, too. It's vile.

I made the mistake of sending a hand-written letter to the local paper a few years ago. I said I was writing 'with regard to' whatever and the blighter who typed it up put 'regards'.😠

Best regards to all,

Upinaballoon

upinaballoon · 08/01/2023 23:03

I'll give Harry a good mark for saying, a few moments ago, "with/in regard to this interview", and no regards.

I'm overlooking his pronouns.

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