I think this expains it very well:
"The Caring Continuum"
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On 2/28/09, five300s@yahoo.com <five300s@yahoo.com> wrote:
This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I always correct people when they say
it wrong. I think they cannot get their head around the negative "could not"Glad to see I am not alone
On 2/28/09, Louis Mogol <LouMogol@webtv.net> wrote:
The phrase "I could care less" has been replacing the correct "I couldn't
care less" as meaning that one doesn't care about the idea at all. The
former implies that one cares a lot about something, and thus could care
less.
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