I could care less about this stuff. 2

[petey]

The truth is, I could care less about this forum's topic. Anyway, double meanings aside, the phrase "I could care less" usually means the opposite of what is intended. Most people actually mean to say "couldn't", but the mistake is so common that I wonder if it is even considered a mistake anymore. I just saw it used in an article over at Wired News. What do you think?

http://www.drpeterjones.com/

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[Dimandja]

Actually I don't think "I could care less" is a grammatical error. It simply means "I care about so little that if it were possible to care even less about it, I would".

 

[sleipnir214]

Here's an in-depth comment on the phrase at World Wide Words:

http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-ico1.htm

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[petey]

A star for the informative link!

http://www.drpeterjones.com/

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[LaurelLee]

That was great! I just love this forum, it always cheers me up to read about all things linguistic. It really helps lighten my day when my app won't work.

Thanks for the info, sleipnir214!!

Another star for you-

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[dmcmunn]

Irregardless is so often heard in my world, but in fact is nonsense.