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Danyoo Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Care less

0When you say "I couldn't care less" it means you care very little.02br
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00But a lot of people these days say "I could care less" to mean the same. It sounded so weird at first, but now it is beginning to sound ok to me.02br
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00Does 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Does 02font 01font 00"I could care less" make sense? 02font 00 It's quite often heard. But is it accepted?

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Does 02font 01font 00"I could care less" make sense?
  • 02font 00 It's quite often heard.
  • But is it accepted?
  • Not by me.
  • I'd like to meet anyone who says this is OK outside at the back of the Forum, where we can settle this once and for all.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Does 02font01font00"I could care less" make sense? 00No.02font02br
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01font00Is this sentence accepted?02font00 It's quite often heard. But is it accepted? Not by me. I'd like to meet anyone who says this is OK
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0I got you Clive. Loud and clear.0-
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0I hear more of the expression "I could care less" than "I could not care less" on the street.02br
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00Is it accepted? I think so because a lot of peoplea are using it to mean the same thing.02br
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00What does it mean? I think it basically means 01i00you don't care02i00, and possibly 01i00you don't care a bit02i
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0 It does get used in US English but not in BrE (not yet anyway). It should be couldn't care less. 0-

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