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Now, you can read 'regardless' as 'anyway' and the sentence after the comma just qualifies/explains what you mean. Another example: I will carry ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. "regardlessofwhether..."and"regardlesswhether..." Threadstarter younghon Startdate Apr26,2019 younghon SeniorMember SEOUL,SOUTHKOREA Korean-Korea Q:Ithinkinbelowsentences"regardlessofwhether..."and"regardlesswhether..."havethesamemeaning.Whatisyouropinion?Thanksinadvance! 1.Theideasareveryimportantregardlessofwhetherpeoplerealizetheconceptofthem. 2.Iteachaccordingtoeverystudentslevelregardlesswhetheryouarejuststartingtolearnenglishoronyourwaytobecomingfluent.   C Chez SeniorMember London EnglishEnglish Ithinkitshouldbe'regardlessof'bothtimesinthesetwosentencesbecausetherestofthesentencestellsyouwhattheactionis'regardlessof'. However,youcouldaddacommatosentence2anduseitwithout'of': Iteachaccordingtoeverystudent'slevelregardless,whetheryouarejuststartingtolearnEnglishoronyourwaytobecomingfluent. Now,youcanread'regardless'as'anyway'andthesentenceafterthecommajustqualifies/explainswhatyoumean. Anotherexample: Iwillcarryonregardless,whetherit'shotorcold./Whetherit'shotorcold,Iwillcarryonregardless. Intheseexamples,regardlessalsomeans'anyway'.   younghon SeniorMember SEOUL,SOUTHKOREA Korean-Korea Thankyouverymuchforyourkindandgoodexplains!   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England younghonsaid: Q:Ithinkinbelowsentences"regardlessofwhether..."and"regardlesswhether..."havethesamemeaning.Whatisyouropinion? Clicktoexpand... Yes,ofcoursetheyhavethesamemeaning,buttheversionwithout“of”isoddandmostpeople(includingme)wouldconsideritincorrect. Whentheadverbregardlesscomesbeforewhatitmodifies,theprepositionofisessential(althoughyou’llalsofindafewusesof“asto”instead).Butitisalsousedpredicatively,onitsown. Heisdeterminedtogoahead,regardlessofthedanger.​Heisawareofthedangerbuthasdecidedtogoaheadregardless.​​​   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top