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'With regard ...' vs. 'regards ... to' Tue Jan 18, 2005 22:23 pm  'With regard ...' vs. 'regards ... to'
 

Dear Torsten and alan:

I have a doubt on this. Do you say "with regard to" or "with regards to" ?
I found it written or said in both ways, are the two of them correct?

Thank you very much.
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Regard Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:31 am  Regard
 

Hi,

An interesting question, thank you. Sometimes expressions get muddled up and very often the muddled expressions then become acceptable but at the moment these two expressions are different in construction. With regard to means about or concerning. The other expression is as regards, which means very much the same. All I can imagine is that what you have seen is a muddled up version of the two. The other complication is that regards can also be used to mean good wishes as in send my regards to your uncle.

Hope this helps

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Thank you Alan Wed Jan 19, 2005 19:32 pm  Thank you Alan
 

It's clearer now. Thank you Alan
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In this regards or in this regard Thu Jul 21, 2005 18:57 pm  In this regards or in this regard
 

Dear Alan,

I am an English Second Language speaker and I was looking for the use of "regards" when I found your explanation.

I have a doubt related to the use of "in this regards" as a conector in the beginning of a paragraph. Could you please confirm what is the correct way to say such expression "in this regards" or "in this regard"?

Thank you!

Nandayure Le?n Valenzuela
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In this regards and in these regards Thu Jul 21, 2005 19:55 pm  In this regards and in these regards
 

It is either in this regard (singular) or in these regards (plural).
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'With regard ...' vs. 'regards ... to' Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:59 am  'With regard ...' vs. 'regards ... to'
 

I don't have an exact answer, but consider the following:

Business English is deadly enough without scrambling it. “As regards your downsizing plan . . .” is acceptable, if stiff. “In regard to” “and “with regard to” are also correct. But “in regards to” is nonstandard. You can also convey the same idea with “in respect to” or “with respect to.”

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/regard.html
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Regards Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:19 pm  Regards
 

Hi,

Thanks for that. All those expressions sound a bit wordy. I think I prefer the one word: concerning.

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