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This is one of those things where common usage in the United States has given it a secondary meaning that does mean exactly what he meant, and of course this wi
by richrichardsson 3y ago
This is one of those things where common usage in the United States has given it a secondary meaning that does mean exactly what he meant, and of course this will have also spilled into UK usage.
So if you're a linguistic descriptivist then no problem.
- encom 3y agoAs a linguistic prescriptivist, I could care less.
- gadders 3y agoAuthor is a Brit, and so should be using British English. >So if you're a linguistic descriptivist Absolutely not.
- richrichardsson 3y ago> Author is a Brit, and so should be using British English See point about, "this will have also spilled into UK usage". > So if you're a linguistic descriptivist > Absolutely not. This is a point where English lacks the distinction between a "singular you" and "collective you", I meant the 2nd interpretation, you (singular) took it at face value. To be fair, I do understand somewhat where you're coming from. I hate the "common" usage of "could care less" in US English. It literally doesn't mean what it's trying to convey. However, I'm slowly learning to care less about it!