On 2011-12-16, Gregory Ewing <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eelco wrote:
>> the actual english usage of the phrase, which omits
>> the negation completely :). (I could care less)
>
> No, that's the American usage.
That's the _ignorant_ American usage. Americans with a clue use the
"couldn't" version. I won't comment on the relative sizes of the two
groups.
> The English usage is "I couldn't care less", which has the advantage
> of actually making sense.
Indeed.
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