To: GuavaCheesePuff
Matt Rooney (writer of the article) apparently failed high school English, because “could care less” means that one actually cares because he could actually care less than he does. “Could not care less” or “couldn’t care less” would indicate that one does not care at all, and is the proper way to express disdain.
2 posted on
01/06/2018 10:18:48 AM PST by
Always A Marine
("I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation")
To: Always A Marine
"...could care less / couldn’t care less..."
Thank you. You are precisely correct. Words have meaning.
9 posted on
01/06/2018 10:45:29 AM PST by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Always A Marine
Failed high school English and apparently never thought even once about the logic of that expression.
12 posted on
01/06/2018 10:50:12 AM PST by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Always A Marine
Yeah, that usage annoys me, as well.
15 posted on
01/06/2018 11:08:39 AM PST by
Bigg Red
(Francis is a Nincompope.)
To: Always A Marine
It’s a sign of confused thinking and a weak mind. Generally it’s where I stop reading.
16 posted on
01/06/2018 11:13:40 AM PST by
Romulus
To: Always A Marine
Weird Al even covered that error in his song “Word Crimes”
22 posted on
01/06/2018 1:13:28 PM PST by
bjcoop
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