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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-11-16, Alan  wrote:   
   > On 2023-11-16 10:13, News wrote:   
   >> On 11/16/2023 1:03 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2023-11-16 09:19, Wally J wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Alan Brown then tells us...   
   >>>>    "*I could care less*."   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How stupid does someone need to be to be _that_ stupid that they   
   >>>> can't even form a single sentence that expressed what he clearly   
   >>>> "thought" it did?   
   >>>   
   >>> It's a common idiomatic usage, you simpleton.   
   >>   
   >>> Is it correct to say I could care less?   
   >>>   
   >>> "Couldn't care less" and "could care less" are both used to mean   
   >>> someone doesn't care at all, but English teachers and grammarians   
   >>> will say that only "couldn't care less" is correct, so that is what   
   >>> you should use in formal or academic writing.   
   >>   
   >> Who's the newsgroup simpleton, now?   
   >   
   > Still you.   
   >   
   > The fact that something isn't used literally, doesn't mean it isn't   
   > widely used and understood.   
      
   Indeed. From Merriam-Webster:   
      
   "The dictionary treats could care less as a variant of the older phrase   
   couldn't care less because it is so frequently encountered. Logic and   
   grammar are often separate considerations, but many people criticize the   
   use of could care less because it seems illogical."   
      
   Naturally, simpletons can't grasp such nuance. As always, the trolls   
   readily demonstrate their lack of mental acuity.   
      
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