[Husker] Spring questions from around college football

[Bob Beach]

On 2/5/2005 at 12:29 PM Alan Siporin wrote:

>I think it rewards ignorance to have some "word authority" now say either
>one means the same thing. One phrase is COULD care less, the other is COULD
>NOT care less, and they mean the same thing?! Enough people have
>miss-spoken
>enough times and now it becomes accepted. Not for me. When someone says
>they
>COULD care less, they are saying exactly that. What they should have said
>is
>that they COULDN'T care less.




     I tend to agree.  The words "could" and "couldn't" have exact opposite meanings.  When it was decided they mean the same thing it was decided it applied only when saying "couldn't care less" or "could care less."  In all other circumstances the words "could" and "couldn't" mean what they really mean.  Anyway, I wasn't trying to stir anything up.  I just wanted to make sure I understand what the gentleman was trying to say when I responded.    


Bob Beach