Forum: english.stackexchange.com
Tags: <word-choice><grammaticality>
Title: Which is correct: "with regards to," "in regards with," "regarding"?
Question: I have been using the following phrases but I am still not confident that they are grammatically correct and sound right: "in regards with something" "with regards to something" "regarding something" I have also heard/read people using an arbitrary combination of the above (e.g. "in regards to"). Are those correct? If yes - are they equivalent or the usage depends on context?

Answers:
sents: text: I have been using the followingphrases
text: but I am still not confidentthat
text: they are grammatically correctand sound right: "in regards with something" "in regard to" is the right way here.
text: "with regards to something" This is OK.
text: Somehow I have the feeling that "with regard to" is more normal though.
text: Paul Brians seems to back this up . "regarding something" This is OK, e.g. film title "Regarding Henry", etc.
text: I have also heard/read people using anarbitrary combination of the above(e.g. "
text: in regards to").
text: Are thosecorrect?
text: If yes - are they equivalentor
text: the usage depends on context?
text: It's much easier to answer your question if you put in some examples you've seen.
text: Anyway I hope the above is enough.
text: Note that there is a completely different usage "regards to" as in "give my regards to old Broadway and tell them I will soon be there" etc.
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 20
sents: text: The only correct terminologies are with regard to , in regard to , regarding , and as regards .
text: With regards to and in regards to are mere nonstandard variations.
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/Elian
score: 8
sents: text: "Regarding" is better than "in regard to".
text: "About" is absolutely fine and good old plain English - nothing wrong with it.
text: Plain English is good and eminently preferable every time.
text: All too often people try and be clever by using fancy and/or unnecessary words.
text: Just say it how it is.
text: Awful:
text: In regards to With regards to Fine: About
text: In relation to With regard to In relation to Concerning
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/77226/sue
score: 3
sents: text: You speak in regard to something or with regard to someone.
text: Examples:
text: In regard to work habits, John puts in too many hours.
text: With regard to Peter, he puts in none.
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/51177/Yasmin
score: 2
sents: text: Even when using "with regard to", most people use it incorrectly.
text: Why not avoid this word altogether and say "concerning", "about" or "in the matter of", all perfectly sound and correct. "
text: With regards to" is colloquial and incorrect.
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/53007/Anna
score: 1
sents: text: Collins paper back dictionary has 'with regards' as correct.
text: I tend to go with this.
answer_details: author: english.stackexchange.com/users/31388/Angela Thompson
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
The only correct versions are "with regard to", "in regard to", "regarding" and "as regards". Other versions are mere non-standard variation. "With regards to" is considered colloquial and incorrect.
The only correct terms are with regard to , in regard to , regarding , and as regards - with regards to and in regards to are mere nonstandard variations.
The only correct versions are "with regard to", "in regard to", "regarding" and "as regards". Other versions are mere non-standard variation. "With regards to" is considered colloquial and incorrect.
The only correct terminologies are  with regard to ,  in regard to ,  regarding , and  as regards .  You speak in regard to something or with regard to someone.  With regards to  and  in regards to  are mere  nonstandard  variations.  "Regarding" is better than "in regard to".  
"With regard to" is more normal to some people.  Collins paperback dictionary also shows 'with regards' as correct. These are simply non-standard  variations.
There appears to be little agreement about which of these terms are correct or whether there is any meaningful different between them.