Case in point: The difference between ‘Couldn’t care less’ and ‘could care less’

Apr 6, 2020
6:01:39am

m0resn0w Playmaker

Apparently, both are correct in many of today's style guides.
But it's one that bugs me.
By saying 'I could care less about something' you are literally saying the opposite of what you mean.

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PSA — I'm amazed how many CBers don't know when to use THAN vs. THEN

Hinta

4/5/20 10:52am

I support you, fellow Grammar Nazi. Proper Grammar is all that keeps society

SandYFan

4/5/20 10:54am

more annoying than those errors maybe made in their haste, is the attitude of

relic

4/5/20 11:04am

It's not an issue of grammar, but rather an issue of vocabulary.

Belboz

4/5/20 11:05am

I can’t tell if this is TIC, irregardless, I agree. 😉

The Pope

4/5/20 1:12pm

There not that educated to go their.

WJCougar

4/5/20 10:54am

Just wait until you start noticing the misuses between "less" and "fewer".

swingcat

4/5/20 10:55am

Let's not talk about apostrophes and plurals.

vagabonder

4/5/20 10:56am

You mean your Christmas cards from the Smith’s?

webster242

4/5/20 10:59am

Our minds thought the same thing.

Jeff75

4/5/20 11:04am

Christmas cards make me smile.

Jeff75

4/5/20 11:03am

Posts on CB often don't go through the full editorial process.

ReyOso

4/5/20 10:57am

really? Yeah, probably a large part..

relic

4/5/20 11:13am

Dev edits first, then copy edits, and finally proofreading.

ReyOso

4/5/20 11:16am

what every cougarboard post requires henceforth

relic

4/5/20 11:50am

So what than?

Cougarclaw

4/5/20 10:58am

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303coug

4/5/20 10:59am

To many too count. Bugs me two.

303coug

4/5/20 11:05am

Language is fluid - if we misuse it enough than it'll become "correct"

Ryan M

4/5/20 11:13am

RE: Language is fluid - if we misuse it enough than it'll become "correct"

svenot

4/5/20 11:33am

Case in point: The difference between ‘Couldn’t care less’ and ‘could care less’

m0resn0w

4/6/20 6:01am

Sometimes mistakes are made in the rush to type and post.

Benfica1

4/5/20 12:20pm

You think your better then me?

tony

4/5/20 12:34pm

Help me, oh thou wise one, to know the difference between affect and effect.

Blue Print

4/5/20 12:47pm

Vane

webster242

4/5/20 12:49pm

Buht, it's so easy to typo one letter.

JmThms

4/5/20 1:03pm

Well maybe we’ll just have to argue about it than! I think my way is better then

puntersarepeople

4/5/20 1:58pm

Preach it, brother! - Signed: A Fellow Member of the Spelling Bee Police.

BleedCougarBlue2

4/5/20 7:43pm

I think they are simular

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