8/7/07
Between you and I, I could care less
I hope you cringed when you read the title of this post because those two phrases are among the most misused by supposedly educated people. Since this is my blog, I decided it's a good place to air a few pet peeves. The correct phrase is "between you and me". I tried to come up with a mnemonic to remember the correct phrase but I couldn't, so just repeat it 10 times and it's yours forever. (That's what the nuns told me.)I did come up with a rhyme to remember to use "I couldn't care less" instead of "I could care less". Here goes:
I could care less means I care a bit
I couldn't care less means I don't give a ___.
Since this is a Library blog you can fill in the blank. Between you and me, I hope this helps but I couldn't care less.
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5 comments:
Hearing otherwise intelligent people use the offending phrase drives me, as my mother used to say, stark raving CRAZY!!! I'm glad I'm not alone.
Jessie's mom,
I love this!!!!
Pepper's mom
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