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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 12, 2015 19:07:50 GMT -5
The correct term is "I could not care less", but I've slipped up and said "could" accidently, and I'll probably do it again. It's a harmless mistake that everybody's made at least once, why has the internet blown this up as the word crime to end all word crimes?
I could care less how people feel about my grammar at this point. COME AT ME.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on May 12, 2015 19:13:26 GMT -5
I agree it's harmless, but it is the exact opposite of what you're trying to say, that's a pretty big mistake.
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Post by agent817 on May 12, 2015 19:15:02 GMT -5
Which is why I sometimes say "I could care more," which is what some people mean. It means "I could care more than I actually do."
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Post by jagilki on May 12, 2015 19:15:58 GMT -5
For all in tents and porpoises, I don't care..
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on May 12, 2015 19:16:56 GMT -5
I'm going to drink some expresso and read this thread
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Post by Mister Pigwell on May 12, 2015 19:21:10 GMT -5
Ordaments are hung on trees supposebly.
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Post by jagilki on May 12, 2015 19:22:02 GMT -5
be real careful, this could be a hard road to ho.
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Post by wisdomwizard on May 12, 2015 19:23:13 GMT -5
It's annoying and lazy. Should it be considered the worst of all poor grammar? No, but it's ridiculous to say it that way regardless.
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Post by BigBadZ on May 12, 2015 19:23:46 GMT -5
What is this thread about? I read it but I have oldtimers disease.
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Post by Stu on May 12, 2015 19:25:49 GMT -5
I'm more annoyed with double-negatives and "could of."
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Post by MrBRulzOK on May 12, 2015 19:31:17 GMT -5
Technically they both have a different meaning, but couldn't care less sounds alot better then could care less.
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Post by PsychoGoatee on May 12, 2015 19:41:12 GMT -5
I have a friend who is very intense on his hatred for Daylight Savings Time when people say that. Personally, I don't get how people have such strong opinions on this stuff. You know what people mean.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 19:43:31 GMT -5
I'm more annoyed with double-negatives and "could of." Double negatives don't phase me, but "of" instead of "'ve" or "have" drives me up a wall. |
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Post by Speedy Cerviche on May 12, 2015 19:56:52 GMT -5
If you use the wrong phrase the grammar police will abduct you and force you to do remedial adult education classes.
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Post by Malcolm on May 12, 2015 19:57:05 GMT -5
Yeah, the could/coun't care less thing is nothing.
What IS maddening, however, is using literally in place of figuratively.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 12, 2015 20:04:37 GMT -5
If you use the wrong phrase the grammar police will abduct you and force you to do remedial adult education classes. F*** that noise, man, I ain't going back in the joint! You say "would of" just once and you're ruined for life. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 20:06:47 GMT -5
It's not even necessarily wrong to me, just another way of stating it.
Couldn't care less = I literally care the least I possibly could.
Could care less = could care even less, there's no limit to how little I can care.
And it's just one of those phrases that evolved to roll off the tongue easier. In fact, cutting down the number of syllables implies even less caring.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 20:09:07 GMT -5
What bugs me is when somebody uses "verse" (back-formation from "versus") as a verb which means "compete against".
"You've got to verse him in Super Smash Bros." What's that shit? Say "fight" or "go against" if you're trying to keep it simple...
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Post by FinalGwen on May 12, 2015 20:25:26 GMT -5
I think David Mitchell summed it up best: "'I could care less' is absolutely useless as an indicator of how much you care, because the only thing it rules out is that you don't care at all, which is exactly what you're trying to convey." |
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Post by wisdomwizard on May 12, 2015 20:25:36 GMT -5
....So I'm already sensing a potential thread title change may be in order here....
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