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Irregardless or Irregardlessly?

Posted By: leemo
Date: Thursday, 12 April 2012, at 2:40 a.m.

In Response To: Irregardless or Irregardlessly? (Steve Mellen)

If something doesn't burn easily it is not flammable, or nonflammable, but not inflammable. The prefix 'in-' was originally confused as the Latin un- and became accepted, but is derived from the preposition en- (enflame, engulf).

Much like flammable and inflammable, valuable and invaluable are mostly interchangeable especially in reference to something of great value. But valuable means having value, useful for a particular purpose or with respected properties or qualities. Invaluable means something of inestimable value or use, indispensible or appreciated for its extremely high value.

Btw, I am traumatised to learn that the rule I was taught at school and carried through life - i before e except after c - has been abolished across most of the UK, after some spoilsport discovered there are more exceptions than words that fit the rule.

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