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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Don't care of me

I know we often say "don't care about me". However, I don't understand why we couldn't say "don't care of me". Can someone explain to me? Thank you!
  

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You can say these: She doesn't care about me. She doesn't care for me. She doesn't take care of me.

  • You can say these: She doesn't care about me.
  • She doesn't care for me.
  • She doesn't take care of me.
  • "care" is a verb in the first two sentences, and a noun in the third.
  • " most commonly follows a noun, not a verb.
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You can say these:

She doesn't care about me.
She doesn't care for me.
She doesn't take care of me.

"care" is a verb in the first two sentences, and a noun in the third.
The prepositional phrase "of..." most commonly follows a noun, not a verb.

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