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Thread #43817   Message #643125
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
05-Feb-02 - 01:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Grammar: Use of the semi colon
Subject: RE: BS: Grammar: Use of the semi colon
Parkes, the fun with irregardless is due to the -less at the end, which comes around and bites the irr- at the beginning.
Irrecognizable is approved by no less an authority than the OED and has a history in print of over 150 years. I notice that you spell recognize with an "s" in spite of the OED's authority over the English language (just poking fun, I am aware of the problems in English social history and the intentional use and teaching of non-oxbridge language by most people).