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Old 04-30-2009, 01:43 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
when they mean they 'could not care less'?
I'm thinking this phrase is grammar nazi-ism blowing up in our faces; people don't say 'couldn't care less' because it sets off their grammar school double-negative alarm.

Ultimately, it's just a cliche--they're applied imprecisely in situations that trip an associative link, and they're almost always detached and often reversed from their actual meaning.
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