Regarding and Regardless - January 31, 2025

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1. 0:01This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Ramatulai in Senegal.
2. 0:10Here is Ramatulai's question.
3. 0:14Dear Teacher, Thank you and all the VOA Learning English team for their great work.
4. 0:22My question is, what is the difference between regarding and regardless?
5. 0:32Thank you for your comments, Ramatulai, and I am happy to answer your question.
6. 0:39Both words are very useful in speaking and writing.
7. 0:46That's because the words give us a quick way to connect to other ideas.
8. 0:52Regarding simply means what someone is talking or writing about.
9. 1:00Consider the following two examples.
10. 1:04We have all the information we need about the project.
11. 1:09We have all the information we need regarding the project.
12. 1:14The word regarding in the second example means the same thing as the preposition
13. 1:23about in the first example.
14. 1:27We generally use the word about more than regarding.
15. 1:33However, it is more common to use regarding informal speech than in informal communication.
16. 1:43Also, the expression in regard to means the same thing as regarding.
17. 1:52Here are some examples.
18. 1:56In regard to the price, I think it was too expensive.
19. 2:01In regard to what you said, But I don't think we know all the facts yet.
20. 2:07Note that we use a noun,
21. 2:11noun phrase, or noun clause after the expression in regard to.
22. 2:18Also, you will sometimes hear native speakers say in regards to instead of
23. 2:27in regard to.
24. 2:28Here is something you may find interesting when we compare the expression in regard
25. 2:37to, and the verb regard.
26. 2:41The verb regard is a somewhat formal way to say, look at.
27. 2:49So, just as we can direct someone's attention to something by having them look at it,
28. 2:57The expression, in regard to, directs us to something we are talking about.
29. 3:06The word, regardless,
30. 3:08expresses the idea that one or more things do not affect the current situation
31. 3:16or what we want to express now.
32. 3:19When you look at the word, you will see that it ends with the suffix less.
33. 3:28This suffix means the same thing as the word without.
34. 3:35So, regardless means without regard to.
35. 3:40Consider the following examples.
36. 3:45Regardless of religion, all people want happiness.
37. 3:48All people went happiness, regardless of religion.
38. 3:54Notice that you can use the word regardless,
39. 3:58either before or after the sentence or phrase it modifies.
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