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doubleshuffle · 05-15-2013, 05:13 AM

Yet it seems the people who dislike "could care less" are fighting a losing battle. Here's a statistic about the ratio of "could" vs. "couldn't" in the NYT:

----------"couldn't care less"--"could care less"
ratio
1960-1969 ------- 245 ---------- 5 --------- 2.04%
1970-1979 ------- 369 --------- 42 ------- 11.38%
1980-1989 ------- 274 --------- 77 ------- 28.10%
1990-1999 ------- 248 -------- 147 ------- 59.27%
2000-2009 ------- 259 -------- 194 ------- 74.90%

The whole article here.

05-15-2013, 05:13 AM	#22
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Yet it seems the people who dislike "could care less" are fighting a losing battle. Here's a statistic about the ratio of "could" vs. "couldn't" in the NYT: ----------"couldn't care less"--"could care less" ratio 1960-1969 ------- 245 ---------- 5 --------- 2.04% 1970-1979 ------- 369 --------- 42 ------- 11.38% 1980-1989 ------- 274 --------- 77 ------- 28.10% 1990-1999 ------- 248 -------- 147 ------- 59.27% 2000-2009 ------- 259 -------- 194 ------- 74.90% The whole article here.