Those two, at least, make sense. If you want to say how little you care about something, it has to be "couldn't care less." By saying, "I could care less," you're saying there are other things I care less about, which pretty much goes without saying.
And I would retort with you effing son of a Sid Bream...everyone knows the correct response is AAAA Star Billy Ashley.
How about it when people mess up subject verb agreement in regards to location. People are always using "is" instead of "are" when it is in a question form when they are asking where several things are. It is more common for people to say something like this "Is there trees over there?" or "Where's all the trees?", instead of "Are there trees over there?", or "Where are all the trees?".
My second favorite player behind David Justice growing up because I played second base in little league. Not that you guys care, but how many threads does Mark Lemke's name pop up?
I had this superstitious routine that seemed to work every time he came to bat........ I'd curse him like a dog...lol "Come on Dirt, you sorry bleepity bleepin bleep.." Yeah I'm nuts, but hey it worked...;p
the one that always gets me is when going to use the restroom why do people say "taking a s**t? In fact normal procedure is to leave the s**t, not TAKE it.
I thought the rule was "lay" for inanimate objects vs 'lie" for animate objects. eg: You lay books down, but you lie down. Let sleeping dogs lie. Lay your troubles down, etc, etc.
Lay is a transitive verb, that is, that it can take an object pronoun. Think of it like this; it is similar to putting something down. "I put it down" and "I lay it down". However; lie is an intransitive verb. It cannot take an object pronoun. The agent does the action but it does not do it "to" something or "for" something.
Spot on I say..... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw"]YouTube- David Mitchell Writes - Dear America...[/ame] The graph is priceless......negative caring is not possible.
Agreed, but what bothers me is when words and phrases are misused so often they are accepted as proper, or "normal". I have a laundry list of these as well. i don't expect everyone to have perfect grammar, but when people actually debate the true meaning or what is correct with you about something when they're obviously incorrect - is annoying. an example i can think off the top is the word "belligerent". for some reason, up here in wa, many people use this word to reference being drunk or inebriated. the "can't/could not/could" care less argument is something i'm on board with as well - it's not about giving a pass for not having perfect grammar - it's about you intending to say one thing and instead saying the opposite. what if you run into someone that has proper grammar and says the real version and you just assume the person meant the other? i don't think laziness to get it correct because we're not all grammar teachers is a good excuse. it's about communication. am i tardy enough to this party or WHAT?