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Nitpick, but I think you mean “can’t be overstated” - no matter how important you state the thing to be, it’s not overstated, because the thing is just that imp
by beng-nl 2y ago
Nitpick, but I think you mean “can’t be overstated” - no matter how important you state the thing to be, it’s not overstated, because the thing is just that important. Hence, can’t be overstated.
- sshine 2y agoMaybe he meant "mustn't be understated", so "can't" as in "mustn't". Not to argue about idioms, what you say is right.
- rrssh 2y agoThen it sounds authoritarian, "we'll have a beef if I hear you understated boutmurdered"
- kibwen 2y agoListen, my capacity for malapropisms can't be understated.
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- Fuzzwah 2y agoSimilar to "I could care less".
- suprjami 2y agoThis saying really grinds my gears. How did "couldn't" become "could"? It inverts the whole meaning of the statement.
- Supermancho 2y ago> How did "couldn't" become "could" Sarcasm and Laziness are at least 2 reasons people might modify it. The second carries it through time.
- ywvcbk 2y agoIf you’re talking about something wouldn’t that always mean that you in fact ‘could’ care less? Saying that you ‘couldn’t care less about X’ doesn’t seem logical at all because you of course could, ‘could care less’ is of course not particularly informative unless you’re expressing intention or a desire to care less about something.
- wtetzner 2y ago> Saying that you ‘couldn’t care less about X’ doesn’t seem logical at all because you of course could I think the whole point is that it means you don't care at all, and therefore it's not possible to care less.
- ywvcbk 2y agoBut you are thinking and talking about that specific thing? Which means that you could care less. The moment you say “couldn’t care less” you’re already technically incorrect because you obviously could..
- krustyburger 2y agoThe best kind of incorrect!
- wtetzner 2y agoTypically if you're saying that it's because someone else brought it up and you're letting them know you don't care.