People are getting dumber and dumber, it's a fact, get used to it. Those same people are simply too stupid to understand their error and it is not worth anyone's time to try to correct them.

Quote Originally Posted by 2000ex View Post
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to be honest, i can careless as long as the sentences make sense.
This is a fine example of another phrase that only 2% of the population gets correct. Read what is quoted and analyze it for a moment. What you are saying is that you could care less. That's not the point of the phrase. The point is that you could not care less. The correct wording is "I couldn't care less for..."

When one usually states "I could care less", they usually mean "I could not care less". [e.g. "I could care less about linguistics."]

In order for one to "care less" about a subject, they must first care about it somewhat. Saying "I could care less about ... " does indeed imply, nay dictate, that there is some degree of care.

I've put together a handy chart to help visualize...






It can easily be seen that, in absolute terms, there is no caring at the zero marker. It is impossible to care less than that amount.

Let us use a different example...

I could have less food.
I couldn't have less food.
Which statement above means "I have at least some food", and which means "I don't have any food"?