"With REGARD to" versus "with REGARDS to"

Renee rakstija:
[nq:1]Which is correct? I hear both in my workplace and it's driving me crazy![/nq]
With regard to the above, I send you my regards,
Skitt

[nq:1]Which is correct? I hear both in my workplace and it's driving me crazy![/nq]
regard. Unless you're sending someone a greeting.
Adrian

Adrian Bailey kirjoitti:
[nq:2]Which is correct? I hear both in my workplace and it's driving me crazy![/nq]
[nq:1]regard. Unless you're sending someone a greeting.[/nq]
Don't forget there's also "as regards" = concerning. ^
"With regards to" appears to be a blend of "with regard" and "as regards."

Reinhold (Rey) Aman
Philologist

[nq:1]Which is correct? I hear both in my workplace and it's driving me crazy![/nq]
It depends on the context.
"With regard to" is a clumsy, ponderous, pompous, redundant and pleonastic way of saying "about".
"With regards to" is a semi-formal way of asking someone to greet a third party on your behalf, as in "with regards to your wife".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

[nq:2]Which is correct? I hear both in my workplace and it's driving me crazy![/nq]
[nq:1]It depends on the context. "With regard to" is a clumsy, ponderous, pompous, redundant and pleonastic way of saying "about".[/nq]
It can be, I agree.
But it also seems to me like a nice way of changing the subject in a letter: it signals the reader that something new is coming. For instance, you'r

[nq:1]But it also seems to me like a nice way of changing the subject in a letter: it signals the ... expatiating on the undercooked whitefish and gluey sauce, you start a new paragraph: With regard to the portion size, ...[/nq]
"Concerning" would do the job as well as the clumsy phrase.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa