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Sentence #2647542

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 Objectivesea Objectivesea September 13, 2016 September 13, 2016 at 9:49:38 AM UTC link Permalink

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See related sentences #4496316 and #4665551

This is commonly spoken but erroneous English usage. As written, the sentence literally means the precise opposite of the meaning it is intended to convey. That is, one should understand someone uttering this to mean:

"I personally couldn't care less" (about something).

CK CK September 13, 2016, edited September 13, 2016 September 13, 2016 at 10:18:58 AM UTC, edited September 13, 2016 at 10:55:32 AM UTC link Permalink

Whether this is erroneous or not depends on whether you subscribe to a prescriptive grammar or a descriptive grammar.

No native speaker would misunderstand the intended meaning of this sentence.

Here is a good video.

Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugf_yCelFE4

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Tom could care less.

added by CK, August 3, 2013
➜ #4221502Tomit egy kicsit sem izgatja.

linked by bandeirante, May 24, 2015
➜ #4251039Toma nije bilo briga.

linked by Lebad, June 3, 2015
➜ #4277558На Том не му беше грижа.

linked by Lepotdeterre, June 16, 2015
➜ #4644357תום יכול לדאוג פחות.

linked by fekundulo, October 25, 2015
➜ #5433962Ĝi tute ne interesas Tomon.

linked by Objectivesea, September 13, 2016