>>Have you noticed how even well-educated people use the phrase "...could care less..." or "...could have cared less..." when what they really mean is "...couldn't care less..." and "...couldn't have cared less..." all the time? I hear it from newscasters, entertainment personalities and yes, even from people here who love to argue the fine points of a discussion. Do a search for these exact phrases in the archives and you might be surprised at the results. Or, then again, maybe you couldn't care less... :-)
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>I grit my teeth to keep from correcting it every time. Stuff like this really annoys me.
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>My husband is probably sick of hearing me correct the weather person on TV every time he or she says "temp-a-chur."
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>I've actually accumulated quite a list of this kind of stuff that I've encountered in editing, with examples of right and wrong usages. One of these days, I'll get it up on my website.
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>Tamar
Hi Tamar,
Something like this?
http://www.ulg.ac.be/facphl/uer/d-german/remed/check.htm
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro
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