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"Regardless of whether or not..." is correct, but it can be shortened to "Regardless of the weather",..." but can also be improved with "Regardless of whether ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Is"regardlessofwhetherornot"propergrammar? AskQuestion Asked 8years,9monthsago Active 7years,5monthsago Viewed 140ktimes 22 3 Ihaveasentencelikethis: Iwillgotothestoreregardlessofwhetherornotit'sraining Meaningthattheweatherhasnobearingonmyintenttogotothestore.The"regardlessofwhetherornot"isawkward,anditfeelslikebadgrammar,butIcan'tthinkofabetterwaytosayit. Whatwouldthepropergrammarbeinthiscase? word-choicegrammarword-usage Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedMar13'13at20:22 EvanMEvanM 2,00422goldbadges1818silverbadges1717bronzebadges 4 2 Youcanrailagainstitallyoulike,butover6.6MinstancesofregardlessofwhetherornotinGoogleBookssuggestyou'llhaveahardtimeconvincingeveryoneelsetoavoidtheconstruction! – FumbleFingers Mar13'13at22:09 1 @FumbleFingersIsuggestyouirregardlessthosepeople. – tchrist ♦ Mar13'13at23:03 @tchrist:I'venoproblematallwithOP'sregardlessofwhetherornot,andI'msureI'veusedthathereonELUmorethanonce.IhopeIhaven'tusedirregardless,butIcan'tsayitbothersmemuchtoseeothersdoingso. – FumbleFingers Mar13'13at23:20 Whethertheweatherbecold/orwhethertheweatherbehot/we'llweathertheweather,whatevertheweather/whetherwelikeitornot.Couldn'tresist!;) – Pitarou Mar17'13at10:05 Addacomment  |  4Answers 4 Active Oldest Votes 22 Thegrammarisfine,buttherearecertainlylesslabouredwaystosayit! Iwillgotothestore,whetheritrainsornot. Rainingornot,I'mgoing. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar13'13at20:57 PitarouPitarou 13.6k11goldbadge4343silverbadges6969bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3 Thereisnothingwrongwithitsgrammar. Itsstyleisanothermatter,andyouarerightthatitismorewordythanitstrictlyneedstobe.Ifever“omitneedlesswords”applied,itwouldbehere. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar13'13at20:49 tchrist♦tchrist 126k4848goldbadges348348silverbadges540540bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3 "Regardlessofwhetherornot..."iscorrect,butitcanbeshortenedto"Regardlessoftheweather",..."butcanalsobeimprovedwith"Regardlessofwhetheritrainsornot..."Itdoesseemlong,buttheawkwardnessisnegligible,inmyopinion.Theidiomislike"inspiteof"-the"of"isnecessary;unlike"despite"whichdoesnotneedthe'of'.'Regardless'canbereplacedby'heedless',whichhasthesamemeaningandisalsofollowedby"of". Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul22'14at12:41 PaminaPamina 3111bronzebadge Addacomment  |  -3 Ithinkthat"regardlessofwhetherornot"isnotonlyawkward,buttwicesuperfluous.Igot'routed'herebecauseIwassearchingforsupportformybeliefthat"regardlessof"isasuperfluousphrase,inthatjustaboutanysentencethatIcouldrenderwasjustaseffectivewithouttheword"of".The"ornot"inyourqueryjustaddsanotherlayerofsuperfluouswords.'I'llgotothestoreregardlesstheweather'.Withwords,often,lessisbetter. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredFeb1'14at3:58 VicVic 1 1 ‘Regardlesstheweather’soundsverywrongtomyear.‘Regardless’isnotaprepositiontome,ever. – JanusBahsJacquet Feb1'14at10:01 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-choicegrammarword-usageoraskyourownquestion. 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