"Irrespective Of" / "Regardless Of" as Prepositions
5 exercises — practise the dismissive prepositions "irrespective of" and "regardless of".
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Which sentence correctly uses "regardless of" plus a noun phrase to dismiss a factor as irrelevant to the outcome?
"The rate limiter applies regardless of the client's authentication tier" correctly keeps the fixed preposition "regardless of" before the noun phrase. Option B drops the required "of". Option C wrongly drops the "-less" suffix. Option D wrongly substitutes "that" for "of", which is ungrammatical after "regardless".
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Which sentence correctly uses "irrespective of" plus a "whether"-clause?
"...records every request, irrespective of whether it succeeds or fails" correctly keeps "of" before the "whether"-clause. Option B drops "of". Option C drops "whether", leaving an ungrammatical bare clause after "of". Option D wrongly substitutes "that" for "whether".
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "regardless of" (a preposition, taking a noun phrase or whether-clause) from the adverb "regardless" (standing alone, with no following object)?
"Regardless of the outcome, we'll ship the postmortem by Friday; the timeline stands regardless" correctly uses the prepositional "regardless of" with an object first, then the standalone adverb "regardless" with no object second. Option B drops "of" where it's required and adds it where it's not. Options C and D corrupt one of the two forms.
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Which sentence correctly uses "irrespective of" plus a noun phrase in a policy statement about code review?
"...requires two approvals, irrespective of the size of the change" keeps the fixed preposition "irrespective of" intact before the noun phrase. Option B drops "of". Option C uses the wrong root form "irrespect" instead of "irrespective". Option D scrambles the noun phrase's internal word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "regardless of" with a whether-clause offering two named alternatives?
"...kicks in regardless of whether the failure is transient or permanent" correctly places "of" immediately before "whether". Option B reverses "of" and "whether". Option C misplaces "whether" after the subject. Option D drops the "-less" suffix from "regardless".