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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by Someone1234 on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:24PM (#8726548)
"Could care less" is the sarcastic form of "couldn't care less." It works much better in speech than online (since the sarcastic tone on "could care less" does not travel over text).
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by cek on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @08:52PM (#8727231)
Actually, in all honesty, when I wrote "could care less" I was more stoopid than I am now.
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by Immortalin on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @02:09AM (#8728034)
Not true, "could care less" is american english while "couldn't care less" is british english
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by Avalaxy on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:00AM (#8728316)
They mean completely different things.
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by bane on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @08:23AM (#8728990)
Not when used colloquially. It's called language, not logic.
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by shamurti on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:32PM (#8731841)
Using "could" instead of "could not" does not make it "colloquial".
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Re:Things I wish people who write job postings would stop wr... by bane on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @11:04PM (#8733131)
If it has a commonly understood colloquial meaning you could use colors, hand signals, flashing lights and a presentation of types of mollusks and it wouldn't matter at all. It's the phrase that has the meaning, not the words -- those are inconsequential.

This is why people who think it matters stay constantly confused at common turns of phrase and try to correct them, they've completely lost the forest for the trees.

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