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Irregardless - the correct word is "regardless", irregardless is not a real word. If it were, it would mean the opposite of the way with which it is used.
In writing, the use of "could of", etc. - It's actually "could have" or "could've". I can accept this in dialogue, but nowhere else.
You're wrong about the "pay no taxes on purchases this week". It's both legal and usually honest. Sales tax does get paid - but by the seller, not the buyer. Some of the places I've worked have done that as a promotion. It only becomes illegal if the seller temporarily raises the base price to include the sales tax (because that's fraud) or doesn't bother to pay the sales tax. There's a store where I shop that does not promote it but does exempt the sales tax for their best customers. They pay the sales tax (I asked). But it means the people who buy a lot from them continue to buy a lot and even end up buying more (hey, it's a little cheaper to buy there than anywhere else!).
But you're right about the debasement of our language. Still and all, there are new words being added all the time. And I must admit, I do tend to mispronounce certain words intentionally - because I prefer the mispronounced version to the correct one.
Khash.
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