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In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.general, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > I could care less about people who own the set, want the set, or want to sell
> > it.
>
> Aaarrrgh!! I don't know who decided "couldn't" should be shortened to "could"
> but it seems to have caught on.
>
> I suppose it's possible that you could care less - but I bet you meant you
> couldn't care less. Not that I have anything against yan^H^H^H americans, but
> you seem to quite regularly do awful things like this to the language.
Hey, I resemble that nasturtium! I'll have you know that I too cringe when I
hear that phrase (no offense, Brad!). It also pains me that I have seen two
people on Lugnet who certainly should have known better write "between you and
I". And while I'm at it "drug" is not a past tense of "drag"! Since
"short-lived" means "having a short life", the correct pronunciation should be
obvious.
If I think of other examples I'll be more than happy share them-- can you tell
that I could care less about this topic? A LOT less?
Maggie C. (tickled to have worked the word "nasturtium" into yet another post)
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