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Anonymous Coward User ID: 48678869 United States 12/20/2013 03:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The expression is "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less." If you say "I could care less" you are saying that you care at least a little bit because you have the ability to care less. How is this not fucking obvious to people? It is simple linguistic logic. Have public schools really made Americans that stupid? Quoting: I'm May Exactly, I can't stand it when people say/post it the wrong way. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 48678869 United States 12/20/2013 03:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The expression is "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less." If you say "I could care less" you are saying that you care at least a little bit because you have the ability to care less. How is this not fucking obvious to people? It is simple linguistic logic. Have public schools really made Americans that stupid? Quoting: I'm May Oh and the other one I can't stand is supposebly instead of supposedly. |
I'm May
(OP) User ID: 43712366 United States 12/20/2013 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The expression is "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less." If you say "I could care less" you are saying that you care at least a little bit because you have the ability to care less. How is this not fucking obvious to people? It is simple linguistic logic. Have public schools really made Americans that stupid? Quoting: I'm May Exactly, I can't stand it when people say/post it the wrong way. I'm usually pretty good about ignoring misspellings and usage issues, but that one just really bothers me. And I Am |
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User ID: 46807867 United States 12/20/2013 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The expression is "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less." If you say "I could care less" you are saying that you care at least a little bit because you have the ability to care less. How is this not fucking obvious to people? It is simple linguistic logic. Have public schools really made Americans that stupid? Quoting: I'm May A pet peeve of mine, too. We become like that to which we are devoted. - Choose wisely. |
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(OP) User ID: 43712366 United States 12/20/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The expression is "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less." If you say "I could care less" you are saying that you care at least a little bit because you have the ability to care less. How is this not fucking obvious to people? It is simple linguistic logic. Have public schools really made Americans that stupid? Quoting: I'm May Oh and the other one I can't stand is supposebly instead of supposedly. Thankfully I haven't seen that one, but I live in Virginia so I've heard people pronounce it like that. And I Am |
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User ID: 46807867 United States 12/20/2013 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | aww yes the grammar police! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51668661 Out of all the autrocities in the world,this is what you have singled out? Interesting! This isn't a grammar issue as the sentence "I could care less" is 100% grammatically correct. It's a usage issue. We become like that to which we are devoted. - Choose wisely. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51818288 Slovenia 12/20/2013 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | aww yes the grammar police! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51668661 Out of all the autrocities in the world,this is what you have singled out? Interesting! This isn't a grammar issue as the sentence "I could care less" is 100% grammatically correct. It's a usage issue. As a non-native speaker I got very confused some time ago which one is correct since I suddenly started seeing "could care" everywhere eventhough I'd always thought it's "couldn't care". Sure the latter is more correct from the logical standpoint but language doesn't always follow the rules of logic. Oh, and there's that: "In the early 1990s, the well-known Harvard professor and language writer Stephen Pinker argued that the way most people say could care less—the way they emphasize the words—implies they are being ironic or sarcastic." [link to www.quickanddirtytips.com] |
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Mr. D User ID: 4603964 United States 12/20/2013 05:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "I could care less". Though not wholly interested, there are other subjects that the person cares less about. "I couldn't care less". There is no other subject that the person making this statement could care less about. That means it is the subject that the person cares least about. That is how I understand it. |
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User ID: 40048297 United States 12/20/2013 07:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "I could care less". Quoting: Mr. D 4603964 Though not wholly interested, there are other subjects that the person cares less about. "I couldn't care less". There is no other subject that the person making this statement could care less about. That means it is the subject that the person cares least about. That is how I understand it. Both are meant to express indifference but some people mistakenly say or write it "I could care less". |
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User ID: 51963515 United States 12/27/2013 03:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | its the freekin internet...if i gave a fuck on how prim and proper i typed on the internet id teach a grammer class instead of hang out on a conspiracy board... i make typos just for pet pevers..it really gets there goad i know what i mean, if you dont thats you/r problem not mine.. dont mind my signature..it has a mind of its own.. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ i like to laugh..how about u...do u like to laugh too ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ for the greater good of mankind u know that includes u right ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ criss cross and back to center... its all how you aim it ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ its always the same..no one knows really..until the very last second..then every body knows the same thing..what that thing is..who knows.. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ turn the-------> [link to youtu.be] <~~~~~~~worldon |
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User ID: 26646007 Canada 12/27/2013 04:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a common one that's annoying. "should of", "would of" and "could of" instead of the correct "should have". "would have" and "could have" Patriotism is supporting your country always -- and your government when they deserve it. Mark Twain Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords. -Benjamin Franklin |