is 'couldn't care less' a double negative I am confused but think I agree with you, LOL
No. Could care less is a double positive.
Ever notice that when people say "I could care less"... they mean the same thing as when they say "I couldn't care less"?
OK, this is in response to all of the couldn't care less posts. This is so ironic, because it has got to be my biggest pet peeve ever.
When people say "Couldn't care less," they are saying what is intended by the phrase. That they care so little about the topic, thing, what the person said, etc., that there is no possible way they could care less about it.
When people use the lazy version of "Could care less," they are saying completely the opposite of what the phrase is intended to mean. They are saying everything in the range of "I care a little to I care more than anything else in the world." Therefore they could care less.
In summary:
I couldn't care less is the correct phrase to insinuate that you absolutely don't care at all about the "thing in question."
I could care less is the incorrect phrase to insinuate that you absolutely don't care at all about the "thing in question."
