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You COULDN'T case less.

• ryanklee 15y ago
  Please, go read some real academic literature regarding linguistics, or at the very least LanguageLog or LanguageHat or the like (which amount to the same thing in blog-form). You'll inevitably find that there exists no linguist anywhere who'd agree with that kind of correction, or almost any popular grammatical correction at all. More often than not, they're absolutely baseless and inconsistent with everything we actually know about language. Further, they're always very annoying, presumptuous and add nothing to the discussion. Sort of like creationism or witch-hunting.
• DanBC 15y ago
  Grammar and spelling flames are usually content free posts, and so you may find your post attracting downvotes. (Not from me.) I understand that people hate the phrase "could care less". I could care less is acceptable[1] US usage. It's been around for a surprising amount of time. "Couldn't care less" is from about 1946; "Could care less" is from 1960s. (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm) (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-i-could-care-less-mean.htm http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-i-could-care-less-mean.htm) (http://articles.boston.com/2010-10-24/lifestyle/29303907_1_care-peeves-decades http://articles.boston.com/2010-10-24/lifestyle/29303907_1_c...) [1] It is baffling and it's not something I would ever write. While I try (and often fail, with terrible punctuation) try be correct with my English I am very tolerant of what other people write. Especially on a site where many people are not speaking English as a first language.
  • Yarnage 15y ago
    >I could care less is acceptable[1] US usage. Not true. It's incorrect and therefore not acceptable.