“Could Care Less” vs “Couldn’t Care Less"

[1srelluc]

Think about what you are saying versus the message you are intending to convey.

Picture “the amount of caring” as a spectrum.

If you don’t give a hoot about something and say “I could care less,” you’re admitting to caring, at least a little, because there’s room to care less.

If you say “I couldn’t care less” you are correctly stating you don’t give a hoot to the highest degree.

 

[odanny]

I agree, it gets frustrating, but at the end of the day, I really could care less.

 

[1srelluc]

I agree, it gets frustrating, but at the end of the day, I really could care less.

Ah, but you care a little.

 

[Oddball]

Half of one, six dozen of the other, for all intensive purposes.

 

[JGalt]

 

[1srelluc]

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Well, yeah, but I could not use ***** given in my OP....Clean start and all.

 

[gtopa1]

Think about what you are saying versus the message you are intending to convey.

Picture “the amount of caring” as a spectrum.

If you don’t give a hoot about something and say “I could care less,” you’re admitting to caring, at least a little, because there’s room to care less.

If you say “I couldn’t care less” you are correctly stating you don’t give a hoot to the highest degree.

I prefer Dilligaf these days.

There's a good song by a local lad... Kevin Wilson.

OK... not for polite company.



Greg

 

[norwegen]

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This is a very wordy way to say you couldn't care less.

In speech, and especially in writing, brevity is key.

 

[1srelluc]

Half of one, six dozen of the other, for all intensive purposes.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, is the correct phrase.

Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other – Breaking Down Similarity

Six of one, half a dozen of the other is an idiom used to express that two alternatives or choices are essentially equivalent or that the differences between them are negligible. Idioms, like six of

grammarist.com

 

[SaxonJackson]

"Couldn't Care Less"= something or someone is at the very bottom of the care bucket.
"Could Care Less" = if I learn a little more about something I already don't really care about there's room for less caring in the future.

 

[Crepitus]

Think about what you are saying versus the message you are intending to convey.

Picture “the amount of caring” as a spectrum.

If you don’t give a hoot about something and say “I could care less,” you’re admitting to caring, at least a little, because there’s room to care less.

If you say “I couldn’t care less” you are correctly stating you don’t give a hoot to the highest degree.

English is a lazy language, or at least the American version is.

It was always "couldn't" until it got shortened by lazy speakers.

 

[hjmick]

And please, for ****'s sake, learn the GOD damned difference between "there" "their" and "they're..."


While we're at it... "to" "too" and "two..."

 

[Oddball]

And please, for ****'s sake, learn the GOD damned difference between "there" "their" and "they're..."


While we're at it... "to" "too" and "two..."

 

[Darkwind]

I prefer Dilligaf these days.

There's a good song by a local lad... Kevin Wilson.

OK... not for polite company.



Greg

I have a hat that says exactly that. DILLIGAF

Picked it up on vacation in Lake George a few years ago.

 

[citygator]

Lighten up Francis. I feel like we know what they mean regardless of how they phrase it.

 

[hjmick]

...Dilligaf...

I had not heard that one before. I like it. Thanks!

 

[JOSweetHeart]

What gets to me is when people don't hesitate to be the demon possessed people that they obviously love to be. One of my most favorite singers, Darryl Worley that is, recently lost his tour manager to suicide and I've seen people say that this occurrence did not take place. To me, people like that need to learn how to shut their mouths if their frame of mind is not going to make anyone else feel any better!

God bless you and Darryl and the family of his manager always!!!

Holly (a day one fan of Darryl)

P.S. It's been said that the man suffered from PTSD due to his military background.

 

[Mac-7]

Think about what you are saying versus the message you are intending to convey.

Picture “the amount of caring” as a spectrum.

If you don’t give a hoot about something and say “I could care less,” you’re admitting to caring, at least a little, because there’s room to care less.

If you say “I couldn’t care less” you are correctly stating you don’t give a hoot to the highest degree.

Snooty wannabe intellectuals tend to use “could”

The more down to earth among us usually say “couldn’t”

 

[d0gbreath]

Without delving into 1srelluc's deep philosophical thinking, put me down for they mean the same thing to me.

 

[1srelluc]

Snooty wannabe intellectuals tend to use “could”

The more down to earth among us usually say “couldn’t”

That'd because the down to earth types say what they mean.