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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 385515" data-attributes="member: 259">&quot;I could care less&quot; is a sarcastic phrase, along the lines of, &quot;As if I could care less!&quot;&quot;Irregardless&quot; is most certainly a word, although it's nonstandard English.&nbsp; The &quot;Ir-&quot; prefix is an intensifier.&nbsp; Irregardless of whether it appears in your dictionary (go check:&nbsp; if it's a good dictionary, it'll have it), you'll know what I mean when I say it.&nbsp; That makes it a word, whether or not your English teacher thinks it is.And I learned that this comma was called the &quot;Harvard comma,&quot; although it's also apparently called the &quot;Oxford Comma.&quot;&nbsp; Here's what the <a href="http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxabandc.html" target="_blank">alt-usage-english</a> faq has to say on the subject:DanielDescriptive, rather than prescriptive, grammarianhi wolfspider!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 385515, member: 259"] "I could care less" is a [b]sarcastic[/b] phrase, along the lines of, "As if I could care less!" "Irregardless" is most certainly a word, although it's nonstandard English. The "Ir-" prefix is an intensifier. Irregardless of whether it appears in your dictionary (go check: if it's a good dictionary, it'll have it), you'll know what I mean when I say it. That makes it a word, whether or not your English teacher thinks it is. And I learned that this comma was called the "Harvard comma," although it's also apparently called the "Oxford Comma." Here's what the [url=http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxabandc.html]alt-usage-english[/url] faq has to say on the subject: Daniel Descriptive, rather than prescriptive, grammarian hi wolfspider! [/QUOTE]

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