I Just Brought Something Nice

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SilverTongue said:
Just thinking, one that annoys me is people who say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

Are they telling us that they do care?
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Americans use that one (incorrectly in my opinion). It seems when we handed everything over to them in 1776, a scribe made a mistake and they've been stuck with it ever since.

I think what they're trying to say is "well I care so little about it, that I could care less if I really tried but as I care so little I'm not going to bother".

Still doesn't make much sense though.
 
gambitt said:
Americans use that one (incorrectly in my opinion). It seems when we handed everything over to them in 1776, a scribe made a mistake and they've been stuck with it ever since.

I think what they're trying to say is "well I care so little about it, that I could care less if I really tried but as I care so little I'm not going to bother".

Still doesn't make much sense though.
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My old English teacher used to say, with his tongue firmly in his cheek obviously; "The only thing the Americans have ever truly invented themselves is their own language." I've always loved that statement :D
 
SilverTongue said:
Sorry, but if you're going to rant about grammer and spelling, at least make sure yours is correct.
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Who? Kelsey Grammer?

SilverTongue said:
Just thinking, one that annoys me is people who say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

Are they telling us that they do care?
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I thought brought was a typo people made all the time. Do people actually say it? :(
 
what gets me is when people get all worked up over a little grammar. people are starving and dying each day but Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh someone said brought instead of bought.

one that i hear every day is people say they just gone to Tescos, i have no clue why almost everyone i know adds an s at the end
 
SilverTongue said:
However the name of the store is Tesco. For example you would say "I'm just going to say hi to Tefal's"

The only supermarket that ends in s is Sainsbury's, however I will happily stand corrected if mistaken
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The store is owned by "Tesco" it's like your mate bob, you say "I'm going to bob's" it's short for "I'm going to bob's place/house etc", we simply personify tesco because it's what we're used to.



However the name of the store is Tesco. For example you would say "I'm just going to say hi to Tefal's"
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So if you where coming to my house you'd say "I'm going to Tefal" ?
 
Most of these don't bother me at all. The only one that I do find slightly irritating is 'no one'. Surely it should be 'no one' or even 'no-one'?
 
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