Is anyone else just sick of people saying "I could care less"?

Is anyone else just sick of people saying "I could care less"?

I am. I almost cringe every time my American History teacher says it!:x I have an urge to correct people who type it, too.

Anyway, does it bother you?

I couldn't care less.

Why don't they just say "I couldn't care less"..isn't that what they mean anyway?..

..whatever...:P

Yes, that does bug me. What also bugs me is when people say "could of" instead of "could have".xTheExploited

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

Yes, that does bug me. What also bugs me is when people say "could of" instead of "could have".xTheExploited

We're saying could've, the contraction, not could of.

Yes, that does bug me. What also bugs me is when people say "could of" instead of "could have".xTheExploited

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

cowplayinghalo

Double negative requires two (double) negatives. There's only one in that phrase.

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]Yes, that does bug me. What also bugs me is when people say "could of" instead of "could have".HomicidalCherry

We're saying could've, the contraction, not could of.

If I don't care about the situation I'm just going to say it, I couldn't care less! One person can't cover all the bases at once, and If my goal isn't to but someone is bothering to, I'm just going to say "I couldn't care less" is I'm not caring, let some other guy do it. The only place where I don't have this attitude is dealing with my money and my job, all that humanitarian stuff that we're all supposed to care about, and what else is "important" by societies standard, I could care less about, unless it's politics that are going to effect me directly. No...

I COULDN'T CARE LESS

I just typed I couldnt care less a few seconds ago

[QUOTE="cowplayinghalo"]

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

Senor_Kami

Double negative requires two (double) negatives. There's only one in that phrase.

Right, but since you're saying less...? I think it's correct to say "couldn't", but I'm not sure anymore. Could care less sounds correct.

heres some phrases i hate:

"epic fail"

"Bush League"

"That's Legit!"

"Study Abroad"

"Im not gonna lie"

among others

Lol I just realized what is wrong with that. I've probably used both "I couldn't care less" and "I could care less". I see the obvious difference now. It doesn't bother me when people say that, because I know what they mean. I'm not really a grammar nazi :lol:

[QUOTE="Senor_Kami"]

[QUOTE="cowplayinghalo"]

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

cowplayinghalo

Double negative requires two (double) negatives. There's only one in that phrase.

Right, but since you're saying less...? I think it's correct to say "couldn't", but I'm not sure anymore. Could care less sounds correct.

Yes, that does bug me. What also bugs me is when people say "could of" instead of "could have".xTheExploited

We're saying could've, the contraction, not could of.

i could care less. :lol: jks jks

Irregardless of that phrase I find that I'm much more annoyed by the whole "these ones" situation that is constantly occurring.

[QUOTE="Senor_Kami"]

[QUOTE="cowplayinghalo"]

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

cowplayinghalo

Double negative requires two (double) negatives. There's only one in that phrase.

Right, but since you're saying less...? I think it's correct to say "couldn't", but I'm not sure anymore. Could care less sounds correct.

If you say "I could care less" you are actually saying that you do care even a little.

If you say "I couldnt care less" you are saying that you dont care at all, which is implied by the fact hat there is no lesser degree to which you care.

Mathmatically double negation = positive.magicalclick

Lol I just realized what is wrong with that. I've probably used both "I couldn't care less" and "I could care less". I see the obvious difference now. It doesn't bother me when people say that, because I know what they mean. I'm not really a grammar nazi :lol:

SoNin360

[QUOTE="magicalclick"]Mathmatically double negation = positive.Teenaged

[QUOTE="Senor_Kami"]

[QUOTE="cowplayinghalo"]

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

Double negative requires two (double) negatives. There's only one in that phrase.

Right, but since you're saying less...? I think it's correct to say "couldn't", but I'm not sure anymore. Could care less sounds correct.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="magicalclick"]Mathmatically double negation = positive.scorch-62

There can be a double negative in language without it equating to a positive.

Plus in the phrase, less is not clearly a negative. Just because its notion is one of abstraction or lesser degree doesnt make it a negative.

Yes, I am a little bit annoyed by that.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]Math =/= languageTeenaged

There can be a double negative in language without it equating to a positive.

Plus in the phrase, less is not clearly a negative. Just because its notion is one of abstraction or lesser degree doesnt make it a negative.

In the English language, it always is the same as a mathematical double negative. I know that in Spanish and some of the other Romance languages double negatives are still a negative, but I thought it was implied that we were talking about in English... You know, the language that this entire site uses.

Now, while "I could care less" is a grammatically correct statement, no one ever uses it the way it means, making it gammatically incorrect for the situation.

Plus a sentence may contain two clear negatives and yet they dont affect each other. One has to realise when the two negatives actually form a double negative and when they just "exist" in the same sentence.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="scorch-62"] Yes, but mathematical and lingual double negatives work the same exact way.scorch-62

There can be a double negative in language without it equating to a positive.

Plus in the phrase, less is not clearly a negative. Just because its notion is one of abstraction or lesser degree doesnt make it a negative.

Here is the wikipedia article about the double negative.

In it, it has example of double negatives others resolving in a negation and others in a positive. All examples straight from the English language.

Plus I still await for some sound reasoning as to why the word "less" is considered a negative.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]No, not always.

There can be a double negative in language without it equating to a positive.

Plus in the phrase, less is not clearly a negative. Just because its notion is one of abstraction or lesser degree doesnt make it a negative.

Teenaged

Here is the wikipedia article about the double negative.

In it, it has example of double negatives others resolving in a negation and others in a positive. All examples straight from the English language.

Plus I still await for some sound reasoning as to why the word "less" is considered a negative.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="scorch-62"] In the English language, it always is the same as a mathematical double negative. I know that in Spanish and some of the other Romance languages double negatives are still a negative, but I thought it was implied that we were talking about in English... You know, the language that this entire site uses.RockysCatnipCo

Here is the wikipedia article about the double negative.

In it, it has example of double negatives others resolving in a negation and others in a positive. All examples straight from the English language.

Plus I still await for some sound reasoning as to why the word "less" is considered a negative.

The point people are also missing is that a double negative is equated to a positive due to the meaning of the two phrases (the one with the two negatives and the one with just one positive) being the same.

In this case though they arent the same as I explained in a previous post.

What if I really can care less though?peanutbudduh

I'm quite sick of many people not caring about many issues in today's world. I wish it were something that could be changed. I know it practically can't and won't however. I can't blame them though. It's a lot to think about, and the more you realize what problems exist in the world and how insurmountable many of them are, the more strain it puts on yourself. This is especially true when you feel as though you want to change something in the world for the better, but you know no matter what you do, you most likely will not have a significant effect on the grand scheme of things. It's sometimes enough to make you go insane, or at the very least feel extremely depressed and helpless. That is the way I have found things to be for myself, and it's part of a larger social and political isolation I feel in all aspects of my life.

I've pretty much just learned to accept it.

Isn't "I couldn't care less" a double negative? I don't know.

cowplayinghalo

Yep. Truly an example of people not thinking about the stuff they say

I COULD NOT care less about people who COULD NOT Care less! :D

Well I suppose I could care more

I'm more bothered by "all intensive purposes" instead of "all intents and purposes"....But yeah, it does.spazzx625

Those actually mean the same thing. I've seen it written both ways in academic books and articles. Intensive can also mean "relevant" and be correct in that context.