2022-01-29 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C – care & careless

Revision C

2022-01-29

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C – care & careless

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Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:

Clichés are especially prone to scrambling 

because they become meaningless through overuse. 

In this case an expression which originally meant 

“it would be impossible for me to care less than I do 

because I do not care at all” 

is rendered senseless by being transformed into the now-common 

“I could care less.” 

Think about it: 

if you could care less, that means you care some. 

The original already drips sarcasm, 

so it’s pointless to argue that the newer version is “ironic.” 

People who misuse this phrase are just being careless.

 

Dictionary.com:

USAGE NOTE FOR CARE

Couldn't care less, a phrase used to express indifference, 

is sometimes heard as could care less, 

which ought to mean the opposite but is intended to be synonymous 

with the former phrase. 

Both versions are common mainly in informal speech.

 

Dictionary.com:

MORE ABOUT CARE

What is a basic definition of care?

Care means to devote thought to something and 

consider it important enough to be worthy of concern. 

Care also means an attention to detail or 

the supervision and protection of something. 

Care has several other senses as a noun and a verb.

If you care about something, then you think it is worthy of your time 

and it is of concern to you. 

 

Most parents care what happens to their children, 

for example, and will protect and help them.

• Real-life examples:  

Animal lovers care about the safety and treatment of pets. 

Most citizens care where their tax money goes. 

The point of givi

ng a person a present is to show that you care about them.

• Used in a sentence: 

I always watch the news 

because I care deeply about what is happening in the world. 

 

This sense of care is often used in the negative 

to mean to think something is unimportant 

or is unworthy of a person’s attention or concern.

• Used in a sentence: I really don’t care if you throw out that old couch. 

 

As a noun, care refers to caution or an attention to detail, 

usually when you are trying to not make a mistake or miss something. 

 

The adjective careful, meaning cautious, comes from this sense of care. The adjective careless means someone is not using care at all.

• Real-life examples:  

Surgeons use great care when they slowly and methodically perform surgeries. Drivers should use care when navigating snow and ice on the road. Masters of a craft devote great care to their work and create amazing things.

• Used in a sentence: The house was falling down because the carpenters didn’t devote much care when they built it. 

Care is also used to refer to a situation in which someone or something is under the protection and supervision of someone. 

A patient who is in a doctor’s care, for example, is being watched and tended to by their doctor. The idiom take care of is related to this sense of care. The term healthcare also comes from this sense.

• Real-life examples: Baby bears are under their mother’s care until they can protect themselves. Plants need proper care from gardeners if they are to grow successfully. Most people keep their money in the care of a bank or accountant.

Used in a sentence: The children were in the teacher’s care during the field trip.