Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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They don't consciously say it sarcastically because they do not need to. It is sarcastic within itself, much like dozen of other expressions in the English language.
Stop being a nit.
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KSOT,
a. I've been down this road too many times. Take it from me, you're wasting your time.
b. Coming into this thread and telling someone to stop being a nit is Sisyphean behaviour.
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This is the part that interests me because before this thread I had never heard of anybody saying, 'I could care less,' in a sarcastic manner, intentionally or otherwise. I thought it was understood that these people are just [censored] up a phrase because they don't know any better.
This genreal example of sarcasm is obviously true. The prime example of this is, 'Yeah, right!' It is impossible to say 'yeah, right' and NOT be understood as sarcastic, and a clarification is needed if you actually want to express the idea of 'yeah' plus 'right'.
Still, I've never heard of '...could care less' being used this way and I think I have to disagree, as it gives people way to much credit, consciously or otherwise.
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