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| Mosquiton 605th Post
 
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|  "grammar lesson! could you care less?"
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IT WAS THE BUTTLER
I could care less. = I am able to not give a rat's ass about it.
I couldn't care less. = I have to care about it.
Actually, they both have roughly the same meaning. Think about it.
I could care less. I don't care much now, and the chances of my caring about it more as time goes on are very slim as well. In fact, I may ever care less about this in the future than I do now.
I couldn't care less. I care so little about this that it's impossible for my amount of caring to decrease further without my expressing negative emotion. In other words I'm completely apathetic.
When your caring value drops below zero, you're actually exhibiting "negative caring" which include such emotions as anger, disgust, annoyance, etc.
Using "I couldn't care less" to indicate that you're forced to care isn't standard usage. Most native English speakers won't understand your meaning. Instead, you can show that you have a positive meaning by using the word "more", as in "I couldn't be more excited/psyched/happy!"
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| Jazzie D 1592th Post
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| "Re(1):grammar lesson! could you care less?" , posted Tue 17 Dec 11:44
quote:
IT WAS THE BUTTLER
I could care less. = I am able to not give a rat's ass about it.
I couldn't care less. = I have to care about it.
Actually, they both have roughly the same meaning. Think about it.
I could care less. I don't care much now, and the chances of my caring about it more as time goes on are very slim as well. In fact, I may ever care less about this in the future than I do now.
I couldn't care less. I care so little about this that it's impossible for my amount of caring to decrease further without my expressing negative emotion. In other words I'm completely apathetic.
When your caring value drops below zero, you're actually exhibiting "negative caring" which include such emotions as anger, disgust, annoyance, etc.
Using "I couldn't care less" to indicate that you're forced to care isn't standard usage. Most native English speakers won't understand your meaning. Instead, you can show that you have a positive meaning by using the word "more", as in "I couldn't be more excited/psyched/happy!"
Yeah. I guess that does make sense, if you sit down and think about it.
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| Jason
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| "Re(1):Nintendo's new system is under way" , posted Tue 17 Dec 13:51
meh, years away. still, good to know that nintendo is still looking towards a future in the console market.
. . .and I'm pretty sure that if you say "I could care less", it's implied that you care to some degree due to the fact that, well, you are able to care to a lesser extent. You have to be doing something in order for the possibility to exist for you to do it less. Also, the level of caring isn't specified, so you could actually care a lot; without a context, the phrase simply states the fact that your current level of interest allows for a drop in its value. mmm, but I guess if we all understand what you're saying, it doesn't really matter all that much.
-Jason
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| Jazzie D 1601th Post
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| "Re(2):Nintendo's new system is under way" , posted Thu 19 Dec 08:37
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meh, years away. still, good to know that nintendo is still looking towards a future in the console market.
. . .and I'm pretty sure that if you say "I could care less", it's implied that you care to some degree due to the fact that, well, you are able to care to a lesser extent. You have to be doing something in order for the possibility to exist for you to do it less. Also, the level of caring isn't specified, so you could actually care a lot; without a context, the phrase simply states the fact that your current level of interest allows for a drop in its value. mmm, but I guess if we all understand what you're saying, it doesn't really matter all that much.
Hee hee. Yeah.
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