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Originally Posted by Sirtel
The book I'm reading has quite a lot of errors. Some are obviously OCR errors, but not all - like several instances of "I could care less" where they should be "I couldn't care less".
No, it's not self-published. It's a well-known author from a major publisher (Tor). There was apparently even an editor, according to the copyright page. I wonder if he was asleep or drunk on the job?
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Originally Posted by arjaybe
"I could care less" is a commonly used phrase. Almost as common as the correct, original version.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Never seen it in properly edited, traditionally published books before. Only in self-published books.
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Fiction authors/editors/publishers can hide behind the excuse that that character uses that expression. It's so common that I've even seen it on mobileread numerous times. It is sad that it caught on.
Certainly it is a valid reading experience rant subject.