Explain the Difference:

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  • DrLeopoldStrabismusDrLeopoldStrabismus
    edited July 2008
    Behemoth wrote: »
    John, I assume that you meant "I couldn't care less" to be an example of a phrase used that doesn't truly embody the meaning it represents. Please do not confuse folk etymology with true morphology. The phrase is "I couldn't care less".
    Oh yeah, man, I know what the phrase is SUPPOSED to be. "I could care less" carries very little significance as we are aware, and that's precisely why it's the phrase that rubs me the wrong way.

    "I couldn't care less" is totally an example of a phrase that DOES embody the meaning it represents, and as such I am totally fine with it.
  • HamelinHamelin
    edited July 2008
    I could care more about this topic.
  • DrastickBlowDownDrastickBlowDown
    edited July 2008
    I couldn't care more about you, Hammy.
  • QueenQuinlinQueenQuinlin
    edited July 2008
    I can't care about anything but word fights. *throws more words*
  • AgentcelAgentcel
    edited July 2008
    The difference is clearly that one sentence is for SCIENCE! ...but which one?

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