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Originally Posted by hobnail
From what I see, irregardless is up there with using impact instead of effect/affect, alternate instead of alternative, etc.; we're stuck with it.
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They didn't say "could care less" instead of "couldn't care less"? That always baffles me.
I have accidentally used "lightening" instead of "lightning", he / her / here, inforce / enforce and nosey / nosy. I type fast.
I've now discovered how to edit the built in standard dictionary and removed inforce and nosey as well as few other things never or very rare in British English. It has a US Dictionary too.
I practice now by deliberately annotating PD texts off Gutenberg. Often the Kobo dictionary hasn't an older but valid word. It also seems too American.
Some modern printed books do have more typos.