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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Regard = ‘ri-GAHRD

 

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

IN REGARDS TO - WITH REGARD TO

Business English is deadly enough without scrambling it

As regards your downsizing plan . . .” is acceptable

if stiff. “In regard to . . .” is also correct. 

But don’t confuse the two by writing In regards to.” 

 

Dictionary.com

USAGE NOTE FOR REGARD

Although sometimes considered 

poorsubstitutes for about or concerning, 

the phrases as regards, in regard to

and with regard to 

are standard 

and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English

especially in business writing

As regards your letter of January 19. … 

 

Note that although in regards to and with regards to 

are generally considered poor usage, 

these less formal variants have become increasingly common.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for regard

Verb

REGARDRESPECTESTEEMADMIRE 

mean to recognize the worth of a person or thing

 

REGARD is a general term that is usually qualified.  

he is highly regarded in the profession  

 

RESPECT implies a considered evaluation or estimation.  

after many years they came to respect her views  

 

ESTEEM implies greater warmth of feeling 

accompanying a high valuation.  

no citizen of the town was more highly esteemed 

 

ADMIRE suggests usually enthusiastic appreciation 

and often deep affection.  

a friend that I truly admire

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

Synonyms: regard, esteem, admiration, respect


These nouns refer to a feeling based on perception of 

and approval for the worth of a person or thing

 

Regard is the most general: 

"I once thought you had a kind of regard for her" (George Borrow).


Esteem connotes considered appraisal and positive regard: 

"The near-unanimity of esteem he enjoyed during his lifetime has by no means been sustained since" (Will Crutchfield).


Admiration is a feeling of keen approbation

"Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration" (Matthew Arnold).


Respect implies appreciative, often deferential regard 

resulting from careful assessment

The well-behaved children showed great respect for their teacher. See Also Synonyms at consider.

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

Usage Note

Regard is traditionally used in the singular in the phrase 

in regard (not in regardsto. 

In our 2004 survey, barely six percent of the Usage Panel 

accepted the phrase in regards to. 

Slightly more than half the Panel found 

the syntactically peculiar as regards acceptable in the sentence 

These surveys show a high level of satisfaction with government policy among the elderly in the Scandinavian countries, especially as regards the medical services provided by the state. 

Sixty-seven percent accepted in regard to 

in the same sentence

The phrase with respect to is also standard in this use

Many Panelists said that they would prefer 

regarding over the other prepositions in these situations. 

The similar prepositional use of respecting is controversial

In our 2009 survey, 55 percent rejected the example 

You must follow all regulations respecting the use of the park. 

This usage has a somewhat old-fashioned ring to it 

and probably should be avoided.

 

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

usage: 

The phrases as regards, in regard to, and with regard to 

are standard 

and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English

esp. in business writing

As regards your letter of January 19… 

However, these phrases are 

sometimes regarded as unwieldy substitutes for about or concerning

which may be easily substituted if desired. 

The phrases in regards to and with regards to 

are widely rejected as errors.


Collins COBUILD English Usage 
regard

If you regard someone or something as a particular thing

you believe that they are that thing.

I regard it as one of my masterpieces.

Kenworthy did not regard himself as an expert on language.

 

You can also say that someone or something 

is regarded as being a particular thing 

or is regarded as having a particular quality.

The play was regarded as being of mixed merits.

The couple are regarded as having one of the strongest marriages in showbiz.