It's COULD NOT (couldn't) care less

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<p>Well Pandem I think you would have to find a way to quantify the level of care. If your care level is at zero, then you really cannot care less. Likewise, if you really do care, then you also could not care less (if you really really really do care).</p>

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<p>I couldn’t care less.</p>

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<p>@square
I didn’t even take notice of that :P. I’m usually picky about using they/their in reference to a singular pronoun, but I think it’s fairly acceptable.</p>

<p>This is how it should have read (IMO):
Usually, when people state “I could care less,” they mean “I could not care less.”
or
When people state “I could care less,” they usually mean “I could not care less.”</p>

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<p>i used to google this on a weekly basis</p>

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<p>Irregardless of what’s proper, I could care less.</p>

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<p>For the record, I didn’t read the article - I don’t open links at work.</p>

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<p>“Irregardless of what’s proper”</p>

<p>Haha, funny.</p>

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<p>" For the record, I didn’t read the article - I don’t open links at work. "</p>

<p>but you browse college forums on company time? :P</p>

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<p>Thank you for this! This is one of my pet peeves as well.</p>

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<p>Agreed DCH. Huge pet peeve.</p>

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<p>When I say “I could care less”, I am telling the other person that I am patronizing them, and doing them a favor by caring about the subject, even though I really may not want to.</p>

<p>When I say “I couldn’t care less”, I am telling the other person that I don’t care about the subject.</p>

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<p>I don’t think most people understand your differentiation though.</p>

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<p>While we’re at it, it’s “you’re welcome”, not “your welcome.”</p>

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<p>I don’t like when people use the phrase “couple of” to describe specifically two of some noun. For instance, someone will say “I bought a couple of steaks.” Couple, when it’s used as a noun, means specifically two. Couple of, like it’s used in the previous sentence, means a few, which could be 2, 3 or 4. If you mean two specifically, wouldn’t it just be quicker to say “two” instead of “couple of.”</p>

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<p>I think ‘couple of’ sounds more conversational than ‘two.’</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m definitely a stickler for precision</p>

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<p>I could care less what a couple of sticklers think. Your all a bunch of poop whom think their bettr then I. Anybody who learnt grammer at college when he could of learnt engineering are pointless</p>