>could care less
saying could care less is perfectly fine tbqh
most of the time you probably could care less
>>7479343
You listen here you dumb shit
That phrase is used to explain that you don't care about something. If you "could" care less, it means your value on the care-o-meter is greater than 0, which implies you DO care.
How the fuck has the vast majority of people completely forgotten about 1st grade grammar?
>>7479349
you obviously care enough to feel compelled to assert how much you care.
>>7479349
you are an autist.
"how did you like the film?"
"well, I could care less," same as saying, "eh, it wasn't the WORST movie I have seen," which means still it was p bad.
>I dindu nothing
>>7479354
But that's not how people mean it you troglodyte. If someone wants to say "I don't care much for it," normal human beings who speak English will just say "I didn't care about it too much," or some variation. When the average philistine says "I could care less," what they mean is that they couldn't care less, but they're just retarded. Nobody says "I could care less" and means it. It just doesn't happen.
>>7479360
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KkLR27iQHU
@ 1:48
"I have not did nothing, I have not did nothing"
is this correct english?
>eck setchra
>>7479364
they do. my gf tells me stuff all the time that warrants "I could care less".
GF: I am looking forward so much to Xmas dinner w/ my parents and am so glad you are coming, Anon! Aren't you excited?!
Me (sincerely, yet implying a lack of enthusiasm nonetheless): I could be less excited.
>"it's" when it should be "its"
>payed when not talking about rope
>irregardless
>prepositions at the end of sentences
Autism, not even once.
I always took it to function grammatically like a threat:
>I COULD care even LESS
Like, by saying it you're implying that you care very little.
>>7479340
As a non-native english speaker
I have never seen someone use I could care less or irregardless. It is weird when I see people complaining about their use.
>>7479349
It's like the phrase 'head over heels'. If you head is above your heels, then you are the right way up, and everything is okay. Obviously the phrase doesn't make sense when you think about it literally, but you know that's just the way some things work in the English language so take it easy, bro.
This has nothing to do with grammar, do you know what grammar is?
>>7479349
fuck the haters, I agree with you OP, people shouldn't say it
>>7479373
>be Midwestfag
>be in high school
>be in English class
>teacher is from NYNY
>hear teacher say this
>she actually also teaches Latin
>tell her that it's actually "et cetera" after class
>"I know that, but nobody actually says it that way"
>literally everyone I know has always pronounced it correctly
>mfw
She was a decent teacher but she still had so many weird quirks, none of which I am sure whether to attribute to her being from NYNY or not
>>7479372
no
>>7479349
holy shit i'm dying
>>7479406
>thinking that English is appropriate to apply Latin syntax rules to
>upspeak
>>7481367
>upspeak
>vocal burn
Why is it always teenage girls with the most annoying vocal habits?
>>7481393
Bothers me more when it's grown women. It's implied that teenage girls are annoying, but I expect a better grasp on inflection from an adult.
Also
>constantly posting jap cartoons on non-applicable boards
>>7481393
What is vocal burn?
>>7479373
etttt settt(roll of le tongue)[/spoiller]tttraaa
>>7481436
He meant vocal fry.
>>7481409
>posting canines on non-applicable boards
>>7481279
>highschool english teacher
>from England!
>says Anythink, Somethink
How da fuck did this guy become a teacher?!?!
>would of
>>7481462
Oh, I just looked it up. What the hell? Too bad the Armenian genocide didn't end them all. Fucking Kardassians.
>Here's the thing
I'm still wondering what "the thing" is. Is it an idea or a physical object. Thoughts?
>>7481511
here's the thing, you're a fucking faggot
seems like an idea
>>7479340
>Wensdee Tuesdee Thursdee
>Garbeege Rubeesh
>How come
>tummy
>>7481530
Do Americans not say "how come"?
>The thing is, is
>>7481706
They do, unfortunately.
Watch the devolution of the English language as we deconstruct the proper phrase.
>How did this thing come about?
>How did this thing come?
>How did this come?
>How this come?
>How come?
HURRR
>"Okie," in place of, "okay."
>a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma.
>historical/derogatory
>a migrant agricultural worker from Oklahoma who had been forced to leave during the Depression of the 1930s.
>A dime a dozen
Never ceases to piss me off.
>>7481829
I think you mean diamond dozen
>>7481774
>the devolution of the English language
top ideology, prescriptivist
>defiantly
>definately
JUST
>>7479340
I could care less. I am sorry to be the baron of bad news, but you seem buttered, so allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality, because it’s now like the pot calling the kettle cracked. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go.
Irregardless, make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts, instead of making a half-harded effort. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.
>>7481863
>>7481915
>half-harded
You mean half-hearted
>All of the sudden
>>7482161
>All of the sudden. All of it.
Sure is prescriptivist in here
>>7479406
this one isn't real, mla accepts it
and just to further demonstrate what an obtuse pseud you are, if the rule were real it would be regarding clauses.
>>7481774
you mean the progress to brevity?
