Jim said:
<<I've always wondered if that phrase really worked:
"I could care less." >>
>From the Elements of Style:
Care less. The dismissive "I couldn't care less" is often used with the
shortened "not" mistakenly (and mysteriously) omitted: "I could care less."
The error destroys the meaning of the sentence and is careless indeed.
So Strunk & White agree (or at least White).
-robbie
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