"With regards to" versus "In regards to"

0With regards to the toy cat, it’s too realistic for my liking."00 or is it 01font00"In regards to..."02font00?02br
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00It should be 'with regard to' and 'in regard to'.02br
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00If you use 'regards', it should be 'As regards".0-

0Hi Yoong Liat... 02br
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0Hi Lait can you please explain why with regards or in regards is wrong grammatically 0-

0Big thanks for your help, Yoong Liat!02br
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10Hi Lait can you please explain why with regards or in regards is wrong grammatically 12br
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10It's standard usage. 0-

However, how do we decide which one of them is more appropriate ??? or is it that no matter what the content of senetnce or hoiw it is constructed, both of them can be applied ?

How few Americans know the difference. "In regards" is vulgar and incorrect.

To clarify this matter further. It's not enough to say "with regard to" is standard usage. The question is why?
Answer:
- When people say "with regards to" they are confused about whether "regard(s)" is a noun or a verb. In fact, in this case "regard" is a noun.
- "with regard to" is like "with reference to". You wouldn't say "with references to".
- "reference" and "regar

With regards to your query, what's wrong with a realistic looking toy cat?