Ahahaha. Um. Yeah. Welcome to my first post in my own stinking club.
Har har, I've got a rant. This is a rant that I've wanted to rant for a looong time. Hem hem.
Firstly: The use of apostrophes. Does anyone else want to tear their eyes out when they see something like "CD's" or "DVD's"? Or "Those cat's are cute"? How about "The dragon pulled it's tail closer to it's body."? Even if "it's" IS technically possessive, for reasons that I cannot remember, it is incorrect! D=
These (and many more!) aggravate me to no end.
Apostrophes are for contractions and possessive. Nothing else. v_v
Secondly: The phrase "Could care less". This really irks me. The phrase is really "Couldn't care less".
Scenario Where "I Could Care Less" is Correct
Person 1: The world is ending. The sun is going to expand and swallow the earth, burning it up.
Person 2: I could care less.
This means that you do care. This is correct. Because the sun swallowing you alive with its fiery tendrils kind of warrants caring. ^^;
Scenario where it is INCORRECT
Person 1: I dropped my pencil.
Person 2: YOU MEAN YOUR AWESOME SHINY GOLD ONE?
Person 1: No. My really, really, REALLY sharpened ten-cent one.
Person 2: I could care less.
It SHOULD be "I couldn't care less", which akin to "I don't care". Which is what you mean to say. "I could care less" means that you DO care. WHICH YOU DO NOT.
..Gah. ^^;
Ahem.
Also, a topic of discussion for us to, well, discuss:
What do we all think of movies that are based on books? Can they compare? SHOULD the be compared? Opinion time. I'll post mine at a later date. I don't want to be the only one postin' in here. =O
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