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SLVRDRGN Jan 29, 2025

What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?

What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025? - Lemmy.World

Please state in which country your phrase tends to be used, what the phrase is, and what it should be. Example: In America, recently came across “back-petal”, instead of back-pedal. Also, still hearing “for all intensive purposes” instead of “for all intents and purposes”.

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brap Jan 29, 2025

Americans saying “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”.

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proudblond Jan 30, 2025

I’ve seen so many attempts at justification for that one online but I can help but think that those people just don’t want to admit that they’re wrong.

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SuperSaiyanSwag

I say “I couldn’t care less”, but I used to think that “I couldn’t care less” was used in context where someone seemed like they don’t care and they give that as a snarky remark, implying that they can care even less.