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Do you view “irregardless” and “could care less” as correct or not despite them being in dictionaries as correct?

They have been added into dictionaries and are called correct now, though are typically called informal. Despite that I see people debate it. Curious on the split.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless#:~:text=Yes.,irregardless%20certainly%20is%20a%20word.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/irregardless#:~:text=irregardless%20%7C%20Intermediate%20English&text=without%20attention%20to%2C%20or%20despite,Dictionary%20©%20Cambridge%20University%20Press)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/could-care-less

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/could%2Fcouldn%27t%20care%20less

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