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Webster says either are acceptable now: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/could-couldnt-care-less https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/coul

• tjs8rj 6y ago
  But if it doesn’t square with the rest of the language, especially since negating it somehow still means the same thing, can we really accept it even if some grand institution like “Merriam Webster” adds it to the collection? I guess I’m a soft prescriptivist
• rozab 6y ago
  Quoting an authorities opinion on this matter is kind of oxymoronic when their opinion is that this isn't something to be dictated by authority. One wonders if it isn't slightly self-sabotaging of them to take this position.