Spelling & Grammar Sunday – “Couldn’t” vs “Could” Care Less
Samantha | August 30, 2009 | no comments
Ooh, okay, I’ll be honest – this one gets up my nose a bit every time I hear/read it. You’ve probably heard people say they “couldn’t care less” about something, but you’ve probably also heard them say they “could care less” about something. So which one is right?
The correct way to say it is “couldn’t care less.”
Saying you could care less implies you have a little bit of caring left in you. Saying you couldn’t care less means you’ve hit bottom – there is absolutely no more room for you to care. A good way to remember it is to think of it using a different word in place of “care.” Think of saying, “I could drive less” or “I could work less.”
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