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banja said:
'I could care less' is fine. It has a different meaning to 'I couldn't care less'.

I couldn't care less - I could not care less if I tried.
I could care less - I 'could' care less if I tried, but I don't care enough to try and care less.

It would be annoying hearing British people constantly pointing out that it is wrong when they don't understand the subtle differece of it's meaning, but I couldn't not care less.
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Your first three lines were doozies, I applaud them and your use of them, but your final line knocked it out of the park.
Please accept a virtual shot of Janneau Armagnac, you are a person of some discernment.
 
Jean-F said:
I don’t think that it’s a case of Americans thinking that it’s right, and my hand to God, I’m not here to defend them for its use.
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banja said:
'I could care less' is fine. It has a different meaning to 'I couldn't care less'.

I couldn't care less - I could not care less if I tried.
I could care less - I 'could' care less if I tried, but I don't care enough to try and care less.
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Every instance I've heard it used the person is trying to demonstrate they couldn't give a ****. I could care less suggests they care at least some amount, no matter how small - it just doesn't fit the point they're trying to make.
 
Fry750 said:
Every instance I've heard it used the person is trying to demonstrate they couldn't give a ****. I could care less suggests they care at least some amount, no matter how small - it just doesn't fit the point they're trying to make.
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@Jean-F and @banja couldn't be more wrong (or is it, they could be more wrong? oh wait, that wouldn't make any sense).
 
Fry750 said:
Every instance I've heard it used the person is trying to demonstrate they couldn't give a ****. I could care less suggests they care at least some amount, no matter how small - it just doesn't fit the point they're trying to make.
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It’s impossible to argue with you, and I have zero desire to do so.
Of course you’re right, “I could care less” IS grammatically incorrect, but I know beyond all doubt that when someone says it, they are really, really, emphasising the fact that whatever the subject is, they have **** all interest in it, and to me that IS the point that they’re trying to make.
 
banja said:
'I could care less' is fine. It has a different meaning to 'I couldn't care less'.

I couldn't care less - I could not care less if I tried.
I could care less - I 'could' care less if I tried, but I don't care enough to try and care less.

It would be annoying hearing British people constantly pointing out that it is wrong when they don't understand the subtle differece of it's meaning, but I couldn't not care less.
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banja said:
'I could care less' is fine. It has a different meaning to 'I couldn't care less'.

I couldn't care less - I could not care less if I tried.
I could care less - I 'could' care less if I tried, but I don't care enough to try and care less.

It would be annoying hearing British people constantly pointing out that it is wrong when they don't understand the subtle differece of it's meaning, but I couldn't not care less.
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Fry750 said:
Every instance I've heard it used the person is trying to demonstrate they couldn't give a ****. I could care less suggests they care at least some amount, no matter how small - it just doesn't fit the point they're trying to make.
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That's the real question here, could the carer care less? Or to put it less concisely could a carer who cares care less about caring?
 
Fry750 said:
I was literally shouting - not metaphorically but literally. Thanks for a great comment though.
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My daughters are 34 & 32 and saying literally in every other sentence literally winds me up.
I never hear people my age literally say it.
A girl at work says "Don't you even", what does that literally mean?
 
Malevolence said:
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This is still where he's getting it wrong. It isn't about how much they don't care. It's about how the issue is so irrelevent that they amount they 'care' may well be some amount, but the issue simply isn't worth the time or effort to care less about it. One saying is about the level of caring, one is about the situation being unworthy of caring, or not caring.
 
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