# irregardless **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/irregardless/16655 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/irregardless/16655 "2006-08-29T12:00:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 82
### Author: ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life) #### Post date: [August 29, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/irregardless/16655/82 "2006-08-29T20:09:33Z")
I don’t think many Americans understand that the preterite and the present perfect have different uses. This is why they interchange the two, even though the past participle can’t be used on its own. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/irregardless/16655)._