Caring Less

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 24269

--- "Alexandra Y. Kwan" <litalex at yahoo.com> wrote:

>What about... "I could care less"?
>I've always thought of it as "I
>couldn't care less" (which makes more
>sense), seen others use the "couldn't"
>form and used it that way myself, but
>I've also seen in older books where
>they do write "I could care less."

I once read an explanation from an expert that both were correct. 
Paraphrased, he said

'I couldn't care less' is short for 'I couldn't possibly under any
circumstances care less than I do at this moment.'

'I could care less' is short for 'I COULD care less but it's not worth
the effort to do so.'

OT:  If you are in North Dakota, *please* email me.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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