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Old 12.01.2006, 08:39 PM   #28
Prisstina
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Originally Posted by pokkeherrie
Not something that really irritates me, but as a non-native speaker I'm always surprised to see how "couldn't care less" and "could care less" are both being used to indicate the same thing... that someone really doesn't care.

To me only the first one feels correct, while the second one would actually indicate that the person saying it at least somewhat cares... Because I've seen it used so often I'm not even sure if the second one is actually wrong, but it does feel wrong to me and would also be wrong in my native language.

Yeah, exactly.

Also, when people don't know the difference between "except" and "accept".
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