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Re:Australian women are having fewer children, later in life by hudibras on Monday November 30, 2015 @01:23AM (#10648097)
> By now, many people could care less.

This should be "couldn't care less."

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Re:Australian women are having fewer children, later in life by Stratoscope on Monday November 30, 2015 @01:28AM (#10648109)
Nope, but you get an upvote for noticing, thanks! :-)

I used "could care less" deliberately, in keeping with the cheeky spirit of my comment:

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/01/i-could-care-less....

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

https://newrepublic.com/article/77732/grammar-puss-steven-pi... (scroll down)

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-03-13/features/ct-tr...

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Re:Australian women are having fewer children, later in life by hudibras on Monday November 30, 2015 @02:06AM (#10648191)
I knew that you used it on purpose; just tossing you a softball, that's all.
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Re:Australian women are having fewer children, later in life by Stratoscope on Monday November 30, 2015 @02:49AM (#10648299)
Ha! I should have known you were up to something, my friend.

Well played. And I mean that not in the sarcastic sense! :-)

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