Monday, October 31, 2011

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: could care less

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could care less
Oct 31st 2011, 23:50

Usage notes:

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====Usage notes====
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* ''Common Errors in English Usage'', (2003, Brians) - [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1887902899&id=qCaK0pOz2EoC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22could+care+less%22&sig=6t9Jtvt0h3NoVs4B33tPgIth-_E Page 49] proscribes this very common cliché as being "careless", the recommended form being "I [[could not care less]]."
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* This phrase is a common [[malapropism]] for "[[couldn't care less]]." ''Common Errors in English Usage'', (2003, Brians) - [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1887902899&id=qCaK0pOz2EoC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22could+care+less%22&sig=6t9Jtvt0h3NoVs4B33tPgIth-_E Page 49] proscribes this very common cliché as being "careless", the recommended form being "I [[could not care less]]."

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