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Utter pedantry. No need to apologize Bruce. The expression "I could care less" is common usage, at least in the U.S. and means the same thing as "I couldn't care less."

The reason for this seeming contradiction is that it is said with sarcasm, as in "as if ..." Anyone interested can find a good essay on the subject (by a British author no less) here:

   http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm

The spell checker doesn't catch "the" for "they" does it Mike. See, I can be pedantic too :-)

Bob S.

On 08/28/2011 05:43 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

 

In which case the couldn't care less.

On 28/08/2011 08:19, Bruce Daily wrote:

 

True.  But the kids could care less.  They focus on "thumbing" and abbreviations.      -Bruce D.